Analysis of Heigh, Ho!
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Heigh, ho! But they're talking, talking,
As the cold, hard streets we're walking
Seeking work at any wage,
While the talkers rant and rage.
Says the judge: 'Let's look up section
Ninety-eight in this connection.'
'Right,' replied the advocate.
'But I submit that's out of date.'
'Sir!' the judge says, 'such things border
On contempt. You're out of order!'
Heigh, ho! But a man grows weary,
Time flies; and the outlook's dreary,
What care we for argument
When bread alone can bring content?'
'What,' enquires the advocate,
'Happened in the Roman State,
Back in forty-two B.C.?
Let me read some history -
Fifty pages. 'Tis but just.'
'Well,' the judge sighs, 'if you must.
Heigh, ho! When life is over
Must we rest in fields of clover,
Listening to long, endless chater
On some point that does not matter?
Heigh, ho! I'd rather be
Where they'll find some work for me.
Scheme | AABB CCDEFF GGXX DEAGHH FFFFGG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010 10111110 1011101 1010101 10111110 10101010 1010100 11011111 10111110 10111110 11101110 1100110 1111100 11011110 110100 1000101 101011 1111100 1010111 1011111 1111110 11101110 10011101 11111110 111101 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 855 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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