Analysis of Thoughts in a Far Country
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
I rise and applaud, in the patriot manner,
Whenever (as often) I hear
The palpitanat strains of "The Star Spangled Banner,"--
I shout and cheer.
And also, to show my unbound devotion,
I jump to my feet with a "Whee!"
Whenever "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"
Is played near me.
My fervour's so hot and my ardour so searing--
I'm hoarse for a couple of days--
You've heard me, I'm positive, joyously cheering
"The Marsailles"
I holler for "Dixie." I go off my noodle,
I whistle, I pound, and I stamp
Whenever an orchestra plays "Yankee Doodle,"
Or "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp."
But if you would enter my confidence, reader,
Know that I'd go clean off my dome,
And madly embrace any orchestra leader
For "Home, Sweet Home."
Scheme | AXAX BXBX CDCD EFEF AGAG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 110010010010 01011011 0111011010 1101 01011101010 11111101 0100100011010 1111 1111011110 11101011 1111100110 01 110110111110 11011011 010110011010 1111 111110110010 11111111 010011010010 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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