The Pallid Cuckoo
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Dolefully and drearily
Come I with the spring;
Wearily and cerily
My threnody I sing.
Hear my drear, discordant note
Sobbing, sobbing in my throat,
Weaving, wailing thro' the wattles
Where the builders are a-wing.
Outcast and ostracized,
Miserable me!
By the feathered world despised,
Chased from tree to tree.
Nought to do the summer thro',
My woeful weird a dree;
Singing, 'Pity, ah, pity,
Miserable me!'
I'm the menace and the warning,
Loafing, labour-shy.
In the harmony of morning
Out of tune am I-
Out of tune and out of work,
Meanly 'mid the leaves I lurk,
Fretfully to sing my sorrow,
Furtively to spy.
Outcast and desolate,
Miserable me!
Earning ever scorn and hate
For my treachery.
Shiftless drone, I grieve alone,
To a mournful key
Singing, 'Sorrow, ah, sorrow!
Miserable me!'
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ababccxb dEdeffeE bgbghhfg xExexefE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 765 |
Words | 138 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
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