Analysis of Forbidden Fruit
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Eight days to beer! A sigh sweeps thro' the nation
Sweeps like a gale from 'Frisco to New York.
('Say! But it's tough, this long anticipation.
Oh boy! I'm rarin' to get at that cork!')
Six days to beer! Was ever waiting bleaker?
And how the dull days drag their slow length by!
('Aw, say! Just let me at a foamin' beaker!
But, nothin' doin'. I'm a legal guy.')
Four days to beer! How slowly Time is creeping,
Turning the pages with a laggard hand.
('Say, honey, dope me so that I stay sleeping
Until the glorious Sixth dawns o'er the land.')
Two days to beer! ('Shucks, I can't wait much longer!')
One day to beer! To luscious, legal beer!
('Ah, hold me, honey! help me to be stronger....
Now, attaboy! The glorious Sixth is here!!..')
'Here's how! ... Say! What's the stunt? This stuff is phoney!
It aint got no kick! It palls! It disappoints!
It's just the stuff that guys like Al Capone
An' such tough eggs sell in speakeasy joints!
Here's me, been lookin' for a time right regal,
Lickin' me lips an' rarin' to begin...
Sure, this is beer, all right; but now it's legal.
It don't taste half so good... Say, pass the gin'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111010 1101110111 1111110010 111111111 11111101010 0101111111 1111110110 110110101 11111101110 1001010101 11011111110 010100111001 11111111110 1111110101 11110111110 1100100111 11110111110 1111111101 1101111101 11111011 1111101110 11111101 11111111110 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,121 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 37 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 269 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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