Analysis of A Lucky Dog.
John Hartley 1839 (Halifax) – 1915
Tha'rt a rough en; - aye tha art, - an aw'll bet
Just as ready. Tha ne'er lived as a pet,
Aw can tell.
Ther's noa mistress weshed thi skin, cooam'd thi heead;
Net mich pettin; kicks an cuffins oft asteead,
Like mysel.
Tha'rt noa beauty; - nivver wor; - nivver will;
Ther's lots like thee amang men, - but then still,
Sich is fate;
An its fooilish for to be discontent
At a thing we've noa paar to prevent.
That's true mate.
Why tha's foller'd one like me aw cant tell;
If tha'rt seekin better luck, - its a sell,
As tha'll find;
Nay, tha needn't twitch thi tail aght o' seet,
Aw'll nooan hurt thi, tho' aw own tha'rt a freet.
Nivver mind.
Here's mi supper, an aw'll spare thee a part, -
Gently, pincher! Tak thi time. Here tha art;
That's thy share.
Are ta chooakin? Sarve thi reight! Tak thi time!
Why it's wasted, owt 'at's gien thee 'at's prime.
Aw declare.
Are ta lukkin for some mooar? Tha's a cheek
Tha mud nivver had a taste for a week,
Tha'rt soa small;
Aw've net tasted sin this nooin, - soa tha knows!
Thi maath watters, - awm a fooil, - but here gooas,
Tak it all.
Tha luks hungry even yet,-aw believe
Tha'd caar thear as long as awd owt to give,
But it's done.
Are ta lost? Aw'll tell thi what tha'd best do
Draand thisen! or let's toss up which o'th' two,
Just for fun.
Come, heead or tail? If its heead then its thee,
But net furst time, - we'll have two aght o' three, -
One to me.
Nah, it's tail, - one an one, - -fairly tost, -
If its tail a second time, then aw've lost;
Two to thee.
Soa it's sattled, an tha's won; - aw've to dee,
But aw think it weant meean mich to thee
If aw dull;
For if awm poor, life is still sweet to all,
Deeath's walkin raand, he's pratty sewer to call,
Sooin enuff.
Aw'll toss noa moor, awm aght o' luck to neet,
Aw'll goa to bed, an tha can sleep baght leet
Aw expect.
If tha'd ha lost, as sewer as here's a clog,
Tha'd had to draand, but thart a lucky dog,
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111111 1110111101 111 11010111111 11111111 11 110101111 111111111 111 111111001 1011101101 111 111111111 111101101 111 1110111111 1111111101 11 1110111101 1010111111 111 111111111 1110111111 101 111111101 111101101 111 11110111111 1110101111 111 1110101101 1111111111 111 1111111111 11111111111 111 1111111111 1111111111 111 111111101 11101011111 111 1111111111 111111111 111 1111111111 111111011 11 11101111111 11011111111 101 11111101101 1111110101 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,885 |
Words | 393 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 54 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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