Analysis of The Genesis of Gloom [Australian Variety]
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Once upon a time, in days remote,
A politician bought a vote.
The price he paid is not quite clear,
But probably a pot of beer
Secured his end. But he got in;
So folk excused this venial sin.
Now if the thing had stayed right there,
We might have dodged a load of care.
But pots of beer soon failed to serve
The candidate of dash and nerve;
And, with cold cynicism, came
The urge to organise the Game.
Soon the political machine
Beheld the profit it might glean
Thro' gifts spread thro' electorates
To help the 'Outs' the 'Ins' frustrate;
While shrewd 'Ins', not to be outdone,
Increased the offers two to one.
Later, the craftiest M.P.'s
Perceived that loans from overseas
Might help them hand out cakes and ale
Upon a most colossal scale;
And Parties with each other vied
To spread their largesse far and wide.
Railways were built from here to there
That served no purpose anywhere,
And public works that did not pay
Like mushrooms, sprouted in a day,
With promises were issues fought,
And whole electorates were bought.
Millions and yet more millions flowed
To go the same old easy road. . . .
Till, with a dearth of easy cash
The game was up; and came the crash.
'Tis pitiful; but there you are.
With pots of beer in some back bar
This evil had its genesis
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Metre | 101010101 0010101 01111111 11000111 01111110 1101111 11011111 11110111 11111111 01001101 0111001 011101 10010001 1010111 11110100 1101011 11111111 01010111 10011 01111101 11111101 01010101 01011101 11101101 1011111 1111010 01011111 11010001 11000101 01010001 10011101 11011101 11011101 01110101 11001111 11110111 11011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,235 |
Words | 236 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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