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 |
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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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