Analysis of Andy Veto

Henry Clay Work 1832 (Middletown, Connecticut) – 1884 (Hartford, Connecticut)



Andy Veto never slept a wink last night;
Darkeys, he's your Moses!
Andy had to take us extra drink last night;
Darkeys, he's your Moses!
There was one who led you thro' the sea, you know,
He who paid his life, and left you free, you know;
But Andy V. receipts the bill, so he, you know--
Why, darkeys, he's your Moses!

Come! Come! Joshua, come!
Don't you think it's time the journey closes?
For you kwow we'll never stand in the promised land
While Andy Veto's our Moses.

Moses can't afford to let his people vote;
Darkey's, he's your Moses!
He must watch his little flock, his own scapegoat,
For, darkeys he's your Moses!
Thinking of you brings him wakeful nights, you know;
You might up and take your "civil rights," you know,
And make a "war of roses" with the whites, you know;
So, darkeys, he's your Moses!

Andy Veto thought he wore a crown last night;
Darkeys, he's your Moses!
When the people spoke, it tumbled down last night;
But, darkeys, he's your Moses!
Were it not a pretty sight--methinks I see
Thirty million loyal people, proud and free,
Around the throne of Andy Veto bend the knee;
Oh, darkeys, he's your Moses!

Andy Veto been a fishing for "another term;"
Darkeys, he's your Moses!
Guess that when vacation comes we'll change the firm,
If, darkeys, he's your Moses!
Ev'ry-thing is going wrong while Andy leads;
We must change the diet on which Andy feeds;
Ah! "reconstruction," that is just what Andy needs;
And, darkeys, he's your Moses!


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Poetic Form
Metre 10101010111 11110 10111110111 11110 11111110111 11111011111 110101011111 111110 111001 1111101010 111110100101 11011010 10101111101 11110 1111101111 111110 1011111111 11101110111 010111010111 111110 10101110111 11110 10101110111 111110 0110101111 10101010101 010111010101 111110 1010101010101 11110 11101011101 111110 1111011101 11101011101 10101111101 011110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,430
Words 266
Sentences 20
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 219
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:24 min read
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Henry Clay Work

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