Analysis of The Dam that Keele Built
Andrew Barton Paterson 1864 (Orange, New South Wales) – 1941 (Sydney, New South Wales)
This is the dam that Keele built.
This is the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the Water and Sewer Brigade,
That measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the Engineer by Trade --
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
These are the Calculations made
By the Eminent Engineer by Trade,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the scornful Mr Wade,
Who sneered at the Calculations made
By the Eminent Engineer by Trade,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the Minister quite dismayed
At the sight of the Scornful Mr Wade,
Who sneered at the Calculations made
By the Eminent Engineer by Trade,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built;
This is the Sydneyite afraid
That a serious blunder will be made,
Because of the Minister, quite dismayed
At the sight of the Scornful Mr Wade,
Who sneered at the Calculations made
By the Eminent Engineer by Trade,
Head of the Water and Sewer Brigade,
Who measured the stream that brought the water to fill the dam that Keele built.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 1101110101101111 1101001001 11001110101101111 11010111 1101001001 11001110101101111 1100101 1010010111 1101001001 11001110101101111 11010101 11100101 1010010111 1101001001 11001110101101111 110100101 1011010101 11100101 1010010111 1101001001 11001110101101111 110101 1010010111 0110100101 1011010101 11100101 1010010111 1101001001 11001110101101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,386 |
Words | 256 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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