Analysis of Oh Man!
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
Man hath harnessed the lightning;
Man hath soared to the skies;
Mountain and hill are clay to his will;
Skillful he is, and wise.
Sea to sea hath he wedded,
Canceled the chasm of space,
Given defeat to cold and heat;
Splendour is his, and grace.
His are the topless turrets;
His are the plumbless pits;
Earth is slave to his architrave,
Heaven is thrall to his wits.
And so in the golden future,
He who hath dulled the storm
(As said above) may make a glove
That'll keep my fingers warm.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110010 111101 100111111 101101 1111110 1001011 10011101 11101 1101010 11011 1111110 1011111 01001010 111101 11011101 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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