Sign inventory for "Dr Emeritus Speaks at the Department Meeting"
-26 lines of similar length
-one stanza
-first ten lines: aa, bb, cc, bb, dd
-pattern becomes more irregular in lines 11-19: e, f, e, g, g, h, i, j, j
-ryhme schemes finally dissipates starting in line 20
-language is very conversational; narrator says hello to an audience member and addresses another directly as "you"
-non-spoken conversational elements also added in ("tsk, tsk" and "cough")
-last six lines abandon the informal meeting lingo and subject
-all 26 lines make up only 1 sentence
-only 5 lines end with commas, and one ends with --
-spoken in first person from a grammarian/professor
-references to poetry and language throughout ("grammarian", "a word, you know", "articulation", "letter", "document", "New Critics", "poet's", "adjectives", and "foundational verbs")
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