Analysis of The Buckskin Bag of Gold

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



Last night I met him on the train--
A man with lovely eyes;
And he gave me a searching glance
Of sweet charm'd surprise!
I knew 'twas he the lady meant,
Who once my fortune told,
By his jet black eyes, his grand moustache,
And his buckskin bag of gold.

Yes! (Ha! ha!) Yes! (ha! ha!) his is the man
Who does your fortune hold!
He has jet black eyes, a grand moustache,
And a buckskin bag of gold.
Tall! (Ha! ha!) slim! (ha! ha!) quick as a flash!
And twenty two years old;
He has jet black eyes, his grand moustache,
And his buckskin bag of gold.

The dearest man you ever saw
How much I love him now!
And if I should live a thousand years,
No other hears my vow.
Like Judas--no, like Jupiter,
He look'd so brave and bold,
With his jet black eyes, his grand moustache,
And his buckskin bag of gold.

Sweet boy bring me the "Morning Call"
Perchance I'll find his name;
At the "Grand Hotel" he must have stopp'd,
I wonder when he came!
He must have charm'd those Lumpkin girls,
So haughty, proud and cold,
By his jet black eyes, his grand mousetache,
And his buckskin bag of gold.

How can I seek a name unknown?
Oh, tell me where he went!
What is this I read! why Papa's bank
Is robb'd of ev'ry cent!
The thief, it seems, left town last night,
Well, well! I'm nicely sold!
He had jet black eyes, his grand mousetache,
And his buckskin bag of gold.


Scheme xaxabcdC xcdcdcdC xexexcdC xfxfxcdC xbxbxcdC
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Metre 11111101 011101 01110101 11101 11110101 111101 11111111 011111 1111111101 111101 11111011 001111 1111111101 010111 11111111 011111 01011101 111111 011110101 110111 11011100 111101 11111111 011111 11110101 011111 101011111 110111 11111101 110101 11111111 011111 11110101 111111 11111111 11111 01111111 111101 11111111 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,311
Words 267
Sentences 31
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 199
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Henry Clay Work

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