Analysis of The Recruit's Ball
Sydney Thompson Dobell 1824 (Kent) – 1874
Heigho, fiddlestick, fiddlestick, fiddlestick,
Heigho, fiddlestick, fiddle for a king!
Heigh, pretty Kitty! heigh, jolly Polly!
Up with the heels, girls! fling, lasses, fling!
Heigh there! stay there! that's not the way there!
Oh Johnny, Johnny,
Oh Johnny, Johnny,
Ho, ho, everybody all round the ring!
Heigho, fiddlestick, fiddlestick, fiddlestick,
Heigho, fiddlestick, fiddle for a king!
Heigh, pretty Kitty! heigh, jolly Polly!
Up with the heels, girls! swing, girls, swing!
Foot, boys! foot, boys! to 't, boys! do 't, boys!
Ho, Bill! ho, Jill! ho, Will! ho, Phil!
Ho, Johnny, Johnny,
Ho, Johnny, Johnny,
Ho, ho, everybody, all round the ring!
Deuce take the fiddle,
Deuce take the fiddle,
Deuce take the jolly fiddle, deuce take the fiddler!
Here goes the fiddle,
Here goes the fiddle,
Here goes the jolly fiddle, here goes the fiddler!
Ned, boy! your head, boy!
She'll strike you dead, boy!
There she goes at your nose!
Deuce strike you dead, boy!
Call, boys! bawl, boys!
Deuce take us all, boys!
Here we go, yes or no,
Deuce take us all, boys!
Deuce take the wall, boys,
Deuce take the floor, boys,
Deuce take the jolly floor,
Deuce take us all, boys!
There goes the wall, boys!
There goes the door, boys!
Round they swing in a ring!
There goes the floor, boys!
Lad, wench, roof, floor,
Wench, lad, wall, door!
Curse the ground, spin it round!
Deuce take us all, boys!
| Scheme | AABaxBBA AABacxBBA DDeDDe ffxf cCxC ccgC ccac ggxC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1110101 1101011010 11011111 111111011 11010 11010 111001101 1111 1110101 1101011010 11011111 1111111111 11111111 11010 11010 111001101 11010 11010 1101010110100 11010 11010 1101010110100 11111 11111 111111 11111 1111 11111 111111 11111 11011 11011 110101 11111 11011 11011 111001 11011 1111 1111 101111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,356 |
| Words | 240 |
| Sentences | 43 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 9, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 43 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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