Analysis of Aunt Evangeline Approves

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)



My Aunt Evangeline has come
To visit Melbourne town,
Garbed for its Glad Centenary
In frill and festal gown.
And Aunties says in mincing tones
As she surveys the scene,
Quaite pretty work.  But just one touch
Of Ort, Ai think would help so much.'
 Says Aunt Evangeline.

'Now, take those sweet Venetian masts,
 Which clowns call 'lolly sticks,'
Some naice ort-muslin maight be used
 In colahs that will mix.
Then what they need is pampas grass
Dyed pink and puce and green
To stick in those - ah - funnel things
Such deah, sweet memories it brings,'
 Says Aunt Evangeline.

'Crepe papah, swung from pole to pole
Festooned with Christmas
Maight add a touch of tasteful
Mai deah, it's taste that
So on these fraightful buildings,
Paint a pretty watah scene,
With storks and - ah - conv
To please ortistic folk laike us.
Says Aunt Evangeline.

My Aunt Evangeline says, 'H'm!
Theah's something lacking yet
Something appropriate . . . Of course!
Whai how could Ai forget?
Ten thousand aspidistra plants
So graceful when they're green
Along those guttahs in the street
And on those pylons.  They'd look sweet!'
Says Aunt Evangeline.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1101011 110101 1111100 01011 0110101 110101 11011111 11111111 11010 11110101 111101 11110111 01111 11111101 110101 11011101 11110011 11010 1111111 1110 1101110 11111 111110 101011 11011 111111 11010 11010111 110101 10010011 111101 11011 110111 0111001 0111111 11010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,103
Words 197
Sentences 18
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 9, 9, 9, 9
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 219
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis

Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet known for his humorous poems, especially "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke", published in the early 20th century. Though Dennis's work is less well known today, his 1915 publication of The Sentimental Bloke sold 65,000 copies in its first year, and by 1917 he was the most prosperous poet in Australian history. Together with Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson, both of whom he had collaborated with, he is often considered among Australia's three most famous poets. While attributed to Lawson by 1911, Dennis later claimed he himself was the 'laureate of the larrikin'. When he died at the age of 61, the Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons suggested he was destined to be remembered as the 'Australian Robert Burns'. more…

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