Analysis of Circumstances Alter Cases
Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872 (Dayton) – 1906
TIM Murphy's gon' walkin' wid Maggie O'Neill,
O chone!
If I was her muther, I'd frown on sich foolin',
O chone!
I'm sure its unmutherlike, darin' an' wrong
To let a gyrul hear 'tell the sass an' the song
Of every young felly that happens along,
O chone!
An' Murphy, the things that's be'n sed of his doin',
O chone!
'Tis a cud that no dacent folks wants to be chewin',
O chone!
If he came to my door wid his cane on a twirl,
Fur to thry to make love to you, Biddy, my girl,
Ah, wouldn't I send him away wid a whirl,
O chone!
They say the gossoon is indecent and dirty,
O chone!
In spite of his dressin' so.
O chone!
Let him dress up ez foine ez a king or a queen,
Let him put on more wrinkles than ever was seen,
You'll be sure he's no match for my little colleen,
O chone!
Faith the two is comin' back an' their walk is all over,
O chone!
'Twas a pretty short walk fur to take wid a lover,
O chone!
Why, I believe that Tim Murphy's a kumin' this way,
Ah, Biddy jest look at him steppin' so gay,
I'd niver belave what the gossipers say,
O chone!
He's turned in the gate an' he's coming a caperin',
O chone!
Go Biddy, go quick an' put on a clane apern,
O chone!
Be quick as ye kin fur he's right at the dure;
Come in, master Tim, fur ye're welcome I'm shure.
We were talkin' o' ye jest a minute before.
O chone!
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (38%) |
Metre | 1101111001 11 1110111111 11 11111011 11011101101 11001111001 11 110011111111 11 10111111111 11 111111111101 111111111011 11011101101 11 11011010010 11 011111 11 111111101101 111111011011 11111111101 11 1011111111110 11 1010111111010 11 110111100111 1101111111 1101101001 11 11001111001 11 11011111011 11 11111111101 101011111011 101011101001 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,282 |
Words | 271 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 40 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 955 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 269 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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