Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's
Franklin P. Adams 1881 (Chicago, Illinois) – 1960 (New York City, New York)
As neat as wax, as good as new,
As true as steel, as truth is true,
Good as a sermon, keen as hate,
Full as a tick, and fixed as fate--
Brief as a dream, long as the day,
Sweet as the rosy morn in May,
Chaste as the moon, as snow is white,
Broad as barn doors, and new as sight--
Useful as daylight, firm as stone,
Wet as a fish, dry as a bone,
Heavy as lead, light as a breeze--
Frank Wilstach's book of similies.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 90 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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