Analysis of Mr. Moon: A Song of the Little People
Bliss William Carman 1861 (Fredericton, New Brunswick) – 1929 (New Canaan, Connecticut)
O MOON, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
Down on the hilltop,
Down in the glen,
Out in the clearin',
To play with little men?
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
Hurry up your stumps!
Don't you hear Bullfrog
Callin' to his wife,
And old black Cricket
A-wheezin' at his fife?
Hurry up your stumps,
And get on your pumps!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
Hurry up along!
The reeds in the current
Are whisperin' slow;
The river's a-wimplin'
To and fro.
Hurry up along,
Or you'll miss the song!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
We're all here!
Honey-bug, Thistledrift,
White-imp, Weird,
Wryface, Billiken,
Quidnunc, Queered;
We're all here,
And the coast is clear!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
We're the little men!
Dewlap, Pussymouse,
Ferntip, Freak,
Drink-again, Shambler,
Talkytalk, Squeak;
Three times ten
Of us little men!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
We're all ready!
Tallenough, Squaretoes,
Amble, Tip,
Buddybud, Heigho,
Little black Pip;
We're all ready,
And the wind walks steady!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
We're thirty score;
Yellowbeard, Piper,
Lieabed, Toots,
Meadowbee, Moonboy,
Bully-in-boots;
Three times more
Than thirty score.
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
Keep your eye peeled;
Watch out to windward,
Or you'll miss the fun,
Down by the acre
Where the wheat-waves run;
Keep your eye peeled
For the open field.
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
There's not much time!
Hurry, if you're comin',
You lazy old bones!
You can sleep to-morrow
While the Buzbuz drones;
There's not much time
Till the church-bells chime.
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Mr. Moon,
Just see the clover!
Soon we'll be going
Where the Gray Goose went
When all her money
Was spent, spent, spent!
Down through the clover,
When the revel's over!
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
O Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
Down where the Good Folk
Dance in a ring,
Down where the Little Folk
Sing?
Moon, Mr. Moon,
When you comin' down?
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 1111 1101 1001 1001 111101 1101 1111 1101 10111 1111 1111 01110 01111 10111 01111 1101 1111 1101 10101 010010 111 01001 101 10101 11101 1101 1111 1101 111 1011 111 11 11 111 00111 1101 1111 1101 10101 11 11 1011 11 111 11101 1101 1111 1101 1110 11 101 11 1011 1110 001110 1101 1111 1101 1101 110 11 11 1001 111 1101 1101 1111 1101 1111 11110 11101 11010 10111 1111 10101 1101 1111 1101 1111 10111 11011 111110 1011 1111 10111 1101 1111 1101 11010 11110 10111 11010 1111 11010 10110 1101 1111 11101 1111 11011 1001 110101 1 1101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 1,977 |
| Words | 368 |
| Sentences | 58 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 106 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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