An Election Night Pantoum

Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)



Gaze at the good-natured crowd,
  List to the noise and the rattle!
Heavens! that woman is loud-
  Loud as the din of a battle.

List to the noise and the rattle!
  Hark to the honk of the horn
Loud as the din of a battle!
  There! My new overcoat's torn!

Hark to the honk of the horn!
  Cut out that throwing confetti!
There! My new overcoat's torn-
  Looks like a shred of spaghetti.

Cut out that throwing confetti!
  Look at the gentleman, stewed;
Looks like a shred of spaghetti-
  Don't get so terribly rude!

Look at the gentleman, stewed!
  Look at the glare of the rocket!
Don't get so terribly rude,
  Keep your hand out of my pocket!

Look at the glare of the rocket!
  Take that thing out of my face!
Keep your hand out of my pocket!
  This is a shame and disgrace.

Take that thing out of my face!
  Curse you! Be decent to ladies!
This is a shame and disgrace,
  Worse than traditions of Hades.

Curse you! Be decent to ladies!
  (Heavens! that woman is loud.)
Worse than traditions of Hades
  Gaze at the 'good-natured' crowd!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB BCBC CDCD DEDE EFEF FGFG GHGH HAHA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,012
Words 193
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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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