Analysis of Paddy Magee
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant 1864 (Bridgwater, Somerset) – 1902 (Pretoria)
What are you doing now, Paddy Magee?
Grafting, or spelling now, Paddy Magee?
Breaking, or branding?
Or overlanding,
Out on the sand ridges, Paddy Magee?
Is your mouth parched, from an all-night spree?
Taking a pick-me-up, Paddy Magee?
Cocktail - or simple soda and b.? -
Which is the 'antidote,' Paddy Magee?
Still 'shook' on some beautiful, blushing she?
Girl in the Bogan side, Paddy Magee?
A hack providing
For moonlight riding,
Side-saddle foolery, Paddy Magee?
Up on the station - or in the town -
Or on the Warrego, droving down,
Whatever you're doing - wherever you be!
'There's lashin's o' luck to ye!' Paddy Magee!
| Scheme | AABBAAAAA AABBA CCAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011001 1011011001 10110 11 1101101001 111111111 1001111001 11101001 110101001 1111100101 1001011001 01010 1110 1101001001 110101001 110111 1011001011 1111111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 614 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9, 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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