Analysis of 'The Lone Wolf Of Canberra'
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
A man without a party, he
Knows nought of obligation
To any friend; but, fancy free.
He represents the nation.
In lonely majesty he sits
To give the Opposition fits,
Or rend the Government to bits
With fierce vituperation.
Of all he is most wise, most free,
Most pure, and - inter alia
Shorn of responsibility,
He speaks for all Australia.
Tho' parties rise or parties fall,
What cares he? He's 'Agin 'em all.'
Sole patriot, clad, at Freedom's call,
In Liberty's regalia.
All, saving him, are out of tune
When the lone wolf is howling.
He lifts his head and bays the moon
With fierce, but futile growling.
And, tho' the Opposition squirms
And Ministers would sue for terms,
He knows them all for loathy worms,
Despite the Speaker's scowling.
At Canberra he's as free as air
So say the press recorders.
He knows no man as master there
Within its sylvan borders.
And so, tho' members fret and frown,
He scarcely ever need sit down
Except to write to Sydney town
To Mister Lang, for orders.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 111010 11011101 101010 01010011 1100101 11010011 111 11111111 110011 1100100 1111010 11011101 11110111 110011101 0100010 11011111 1011110 11110101 1111010 0100101 01001111 1111111 0101010 11011111 1101010 11111101 0111010 01110101 11010111 01111101 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 967 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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