Analysis of An Election Night Pantoum
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
Gaze at the good-natured crowd,
List to the noise and the rattle!
Heavens! that woman is loud-
Loud as the din of a battle.
List to the noise and the rattle!
Hark to the honk of the horn
Loud as the din of a battle!
There! My new overcoat's torn!
Hark to the honk of the horn!
Cut out that throwing confetti!
There! My new overcoat's torn-
Looks like a shred of spaghetti.
Cut out that throwing confetti!
Look at the gentleman, stewed;
Looks like a shred of spaghetti-
Don't get so terribly rude!
Look at the gentleman, stewed!
Look at the glare of the rocket!
Don't get so terribly rude,
Keep your hand out of my pocket!
Look at the glare of the rocket!
Take that thing out of my face!
Keep your hand out of my pocket!
This is a shame and disgrace.
Take that thing out of my face!
Curse you! Be decent to ladies!
This is a shame and disgrace,
Worse than traditions of Hades.
Curse you! Be decent to ladies!
(Heavens! that woman is loud.)
Worse than traditions of Hades
Gaze at the 'good-natured' crowd!
| Scheme | ABAB BCBC CDCD DEDE EFEF FGFG GHGH HAHA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101101 11010010 1011011 11011010 11010010 1101101 11011010 11111 1101101 11110010 11111 11011010 11110010 1101001 11011010 1111001 1101001 11011010 1111001 11111110 11011010 1111111 11111110 1101001 1111111 11110110 1101001 11010110 11110110 1011011 11010110 1101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,012 |
| Words | 193 |
| Sentences | 30 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 32 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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