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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DOUBLE STANDARD, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Important is the nation's health Last Line: Says advertising mr. Hyde Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Editors; Newspapers; Publishing; Writing & Writers; Journalism; Journalists; Publishers | |||
IMPORTANT is the nation's health. Naught is the question of the shekel. Ill fares the land that worships wealth!" Says Editorial Dr. Jekyll. "Do you get up with pains or cricks? Do you have stitches in the side? Buy Dr. Killman's Vit-E-Lix!" Says Advertising Mr. Hyde "Down with the greedy grafters who The land's escutcheon do bespeckle! Three cheers for the Red, White, and Blue!" Says Editorial Dr. Jekyll. "Does zero weather give you chills? Insomnia leave you weary-eyed? Buy Phakem's Phony Purple Pills!" Says Advertising Mr. Hyde "Better than gold an honest name." "Be true, and let the envious heckle." "Be fair, whoever wins the game," Says Editorial Dr. Jekyll. "Lost Energy? Ambition? Calm? GET DR. FIERCE'S GILDED GUIDE!" REMEMBER BIDDY BUNKEM'S BALM!" Says Advertising Mr. Hyde | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS YOU LIKE IT by ALICE NOTLEY THE ASSOCIATE by LOUIS SIMPSON SUN THE BLOND OUT by ANNE WALDMAN SONNET by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN ON CREECH THE BOOKSELLER by ROBERT BURNS A PUBLISHER TO HIS CLIENT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO MR. MURRAY (2) by GEORGE GORDON BYRON TO THE PUBLISHER OF 'THE MONTHLY REVIEW' by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON TO AN EDITOR (ON THE RETURN OF A MANUSCRIPT) by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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