Analysis of Passing The Buck
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
Whatever the task that comes your way,
Just take it as part of your luck.
Look it right square in the eyes, and say,
'This is
my
task, I'll do it to-day':
Don't pass the buck.
Oh! whether you cook, or whether you fight,
Or whether you trundle a truck,
Just tackle your job and do it right:
Don't pass the buck.
The wheels of the earth have gone, alack!
Deep into war's mire and muck.
If you want to put it again on its track,
Don't shift your load on another man's back:
Don't pass the buck.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011111 11111111 111100101 11 1 111111 1101 1101111011 11011001 110110111 1101 01101111 1011101 11111101111 1111101011 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 485 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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