Analysis of The Big Black Trawler
Alfred Noyes 1880 (Wolverhampton) – 1958 (Isle of Wight)
THE very best ship that ever I knew
-Ah-way O, to me O-
Was a big black trawler with a deep-sea crew-
Sing, my bullies, let the bullgine run.
There was one old devil with a broken nose
-Ah-way O, to me O-
He was four score years, as I suppose-
But sing, my bullies, let the bullgine run.
We was wrecked last March, in a Polar storm
-Ah-way O, to me O-
And we asked the old cripple if his feet was warm-
Sing, my bullies, let the bullgine run.
And the old, old devil (he was ninety at the most)
-Ah-way O, to me O-
Roars, ' Ay, warm as a lickle piece of toast '-
So sing, my bullies, let the bullgine run.
' For I soaked my sea-boots and my dungarees
-Ah-way O, to me O-
In the good salt water that the Lord don't freeze '-
Oh sing, my bullies, let the bullgine run.
| Scheme | aBaC dBdc eBeC fBfc dBxc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0101111011 111111 10111010111 11101011 11111010101 111111 111111101 111101011 1111100101 111111 011011011111 11101011 0011101110101 111111 111101111 111101011 111111011 111111 00111010111 111101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 754 |
| Words | 161 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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