Analysis of Say Goodbye when your Chum is Married
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Now this is a rhyme that might well be carried
Gummed in your hat till the end of things:
Say Good-bye when your chum is married;
Say Good-bye while the church-bell rings;
Say Good-bye—if you ask why must you,
’Tis for the sake of old friendship true,
For as sure as death will his wife distrust you
And lead him on to suspect you, too.
Say Good-bye, though he be a brother,
Seek him not when you’re married, too—
Things that you never would tell each other
The wives will carry as young wives do.
Say Good-bye ere their tongues shall strangle
The friendship pledged ere the lights grew dim,
For, as sure as death, will those young wives wrangle,
And drag you into it, you and him.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101111110 101110111 111111110 11110111 111111111 110111101 11111111011 011110111 111111010 11111101 1111011110 011101111 111111110 010110111 11111111110 011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 683 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 527 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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