Analysis of Dandenong
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Hard by the gate-way of the East
She dips within her market square
With provender for man and beast,
And goods and chattels round her there.
A cheery, buxom market dame,
A well-filled basket on her arm,
She calls her wares and makes due claim
Alike on factory and farm.
The neutral ground of her domain
Is loud with talk of crops and herds,
Where hucksters bargain for their gain
With judgment keen and weighted words;
Where sunburnt farmers, slow of speech,
Match wits with dapper city men
While she impartially from each
Takes toll and bids them come again.
With talk of rise and fall in stock,
With keen eyes for a horse's points,
The shrewd-eyed dealers hither flock
To peer in mouths and handle joints.
And shake their heads and turn away,
Then back again to name the price;
And jokes are mixed on market day
With loud-mouthed praise and sage advice.
Hard by the Western gate she sits,
Between the farmland and the town,
To gather all the scraps and bits
Of gossip that fly up and down;
And these she turns to her own good
A comfortable dame and keen,
Who earns an honest livelihood
As town and country go-between.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL MNMNOPOP |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 11011101 11010101 111101 0101101 01010101 01110101 11010111 01110001 01011001 11111101 11010111 11010101 1110111 11110101 11010011 11011101 11110101 11110101 01110101 11010101 01110101 11011101 01111101 11110101 11010111 0101001 11010101 11011101 01111011 01000101 1111010 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,098 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 222 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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