Analysis of An Ultimatum To Myrtilla

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



Ah, Myrtilla mine, you said-
  And your tone was earnest, very-
You would never deck your head
  With this vernal millinery.

Myrt, to mince no words, you lied;
  Oh, that I should live to know it!
You that are my nearly-bride;
  I that am your nearly-poet!

For I saw the awful lid
  You had on at 10 this morning;
Myrt, it was a merrywid,
  Spite of my decisive warning.

Still, I can forgive you that;
  Though the thing look ne'er so silly;
I will overlook the hat
  If you promise this, Myrtillie:

Wear your lacebelows and fluffs;
  Wear the awfullest creations-
But-omit the stylish puffs
  And the vogueish transformations.

Myrt, if you inflate your hair
I shall-well-excoriate you,
And, I positively swear,
Loathe, despise, detest, and hate you.


Scheme ABAB CXCX XDAD EBEX FGFG HIHI
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 11111 01111010 1110111 11101 1111111 11111111 1111101 11111010 1110101 1111110 11101 11101010 1110111 10111110 111001 111011 11101 101010 1010101 001010 1110111 1110101 0110001 10101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 743
Words 130
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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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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