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.


Scheme XAXAXBXB XCXCXDXD
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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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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