Analysis of Frying Pan's Theology

Andrew Barton Paterson 1864 (Orange, New South Wales) – 1941 (Sydney, New South Wales)



Shock-headed blackfellow,
Boy (on a pony).
Snowflakes are falling
Gentle and slow,
Youngster says, "Frying Pan
What makes it snow?"

Frying Pan, confident,
Makes the reply --
"Shake 'im big flour bag
Up in the sky!"

"What! when there's miles of it?
Surely that's brag.
Who is there strong enough
Shake such a bag?"

"What parson tellin' you,
Ole Mister Dodd,
Tell you in Sunday-School?
Big pfeller God!

"Him drive 'im bullock dray,
Then thunder go;
Him shake 'im flour bag --
Tumble down snow!"


Scheme AXXAXB XACX XCXC XDAD XBCB
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 1101 1110 1001 101101 1111 101100 1001 111101 1001 111111 1011 111101 1101 11011 1101 11011 111 111101 1101 111101 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 500
Words 91
Sentences 11
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 16, 2023

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Andrew Barton Paterson

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales, where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Clancy of the Overflow" (1889), "The Man from Snowy River" (1890) and "Waltzing Matilda" (1895), regarded widely as Australia's unofficial national anthem. more…

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