Analysis of Dust
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
(I'm not trying to make this thing rhyme
But, at the same time,
A little interlude like this
Is not amiss).
We interviewed a Mayor and asked gently, 'Dost
Think, my lord, that thy great city is a pleasant place wherein to dwell? For, if
not, why not?' And he answered, 'Dust!'
Just,
'Dust!'
He seemed perturbed. Something was on his mind. He could not talk. He could not
say one word excepting
Just
'Dust!'
We fear that the interview was a bit of a frost. We wanted to ask him all sort of
things about markets, and the letting of the Town Hall, and jay-walking
regulations; but all he would answer was just
'DUST!!!'
And when outside into the street we went
We knew just
What he meant.
Scheme | aabbcdeEEfgEEhgeEiei |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 111011111 11011 0101011 1101 11001001101 1111111010101011111 11101101 1 1 11011011111111111 11110 1 1 111010101101110111111 10110001010110110 01011111011 1 0111010111 111 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 692 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 517 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 135 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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