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 |
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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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