Analysis of Bringing Home The Cows
Andrew Barton Paterson 1864 (Orange, New South Wales) – 1941 (Sydney, New South Wales)
Shadows of the twilight falling
On the mountain's brow,
To each other birds are calling,
In the leafy bough.
Where the daisies are a-springing,
And the cattle bells are ringing,
Comes my Mary, gaily singing,
Bringing home the cows.
By a bush the pathway skirted,
Room for two allows.
All the cornfields are deserted,
Idle are the ploughs.
Striving for wealth's spoil and booty,
Farmer boys have finished duty,
When I meet my little beauty,
Bringing home the cows.
Tender words and kind addresses,
Most polite of bows,
Rosy cheeks and wavy tresses
Do my passions rouse
Dress so natty and so cleanly,
Air so modest and so queenly.
Oh! so haughty, yet serenely,
Bringing home the cows.
Arm-in-arm together walking,
While the cattle browse,
Earnestly together talking,
Plighting lovers' vows.
Where the daisies are a-springing,
Wedding bells will soon be ringing,
Then we'll watch our servant bringing
Mine and Mary's cows.
Scheme | ababAaaC dcdceeeC fcfx exeC acacAaac |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 10101 11101110 00101 10101010 00101110 11101010 10101 1010110 11101 10111010 10101 10111010 10111010 11111010 10101 10101110 10111 10101010 11101 11100110 1110011 111010100 10101 10101010 10101 10001010 1101 10101010 10111110 111101010 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 899 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 4, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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