Analysis of It's No Joke to One Bloke
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Dear Comrade: In the game of politics
A Senator gits quite enough of kicks
Without 'is photer sittin' in the press
Wot makes 'is map look like a nasty mess
A pitcher that present 'im to the mob
A fair gazob.
Me, I ain't vain, but it is past a joke
To go an' print a crook dile of a bloke
So that the mob sez, 'Is this Digger? Struth!
'E's changed a good bit since 'is flamin' youth.
We thort 'e was a better lookin' chap.
Strike! Wot a man!'
Why make me look like somethin' choice in crooks?
For, if I ain't got nothin' but me looks,
Why, gimme looks, an' bung a photer in
That gives me sex-appeal a dinkum spin
I ain't - (For w'ich remark 'e'll please excuse)
No Billy Hughes.
An' so, I sends 'erewith me dinkum chiv -
The dinkum Digger, w'ich I 'ope you'll give
A bit o' space to 'elp along your sales
An' mind you say I come from Noo South Wales!
That ought to fetch 'em. So you play your part,
An' 'ave a 'eart.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEXX FFGGXX HHIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001110 0100110111 01111001 1111110101 0101101101 011 1111111101 1111011101 1101111101 110111111 111101011 1101 111111101 1111110111 110111010 111101011 1111001011101 1101 11111111 011010011111 0111110111 1111111111 1111111111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 907 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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