Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor
Author: first_name: Wallace
last_name: Irwin
Language: English
Year: 1908

The comic genius of Wallace Irwin is boldly evident in this saga of the daily life and romantic aspirations of a humble but fervent New York City transit worker. In sonnet form we follow our hero's romantic challenges in his wooing of Pansy, the love of his dreams, and through Irwin's skill as a poet share in the classic tribulations that follow, "I got the zing from Pansy's orb / Which says, 'Dry out now, Shorty, --please absorb!'".
Irwin's poetic virtuosity is brashly displayed in his use of