Analysis of Again Endorsing the Lady, II

Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)



I thought that I was wholly free,
That I had Love upon the shelf;
"Hereafter," I declared in glee,
"I'll have my evenings to myself."
How can such mortal beauty live?
(Ah, Jove, thine errings I forgive!)

Her tresses pale the sunlight's gold;
Her hands are featly formed and taper;
Her--well, the rest ought not be told
In any modest family paper.
Fair as Ischomache, and bright
As Brimo. Quæque queen is right.

O goddesses of long ago,
A shepherd called ye sweet and slender.
He saw ye, so he ought to know;
But sooth to her ye must surrender.
O may a million years not trace
A single line upon that face!


Scheme ABABXX CDCDEE FDFDGG
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 11110101 01010101 1111011 11110101 1111101 0101011 01111010 01011111 0101010010 11101 1111111 11001101 010111010 11111111 111011010 11010111 01010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 612
Words 118
Sentences 10
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Franklin P. Adams

Franklin Pierce Adams was an American columnist known as Franklin P. Adams and by his initials F. P. A.. Famed for his wit, he is best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s. more…

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