Analysis of The Traveller
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
As I rode in to Burrumbeet,
I met a man with funny feet;
And, when I paused to ask him why
His feet were strange, he rolled his eye
And said the rain would spoil the wheat;
So I rode on to Burrumbeet.
As I rode in to Beetaloo,
I met a man whose nose was blue;
And when I asked him how he got
A nose like that, he answered, "What
Do bullocks mean when they say 'Moo'?"
So I rode on to Beetaloo.
As I rode in to Ballarat,
I met a man who wore no hat;
And, when I said he might take cold,
He cried, "The hills are quite as old
As yonder plains, but not so flat."
So I rode on to Ballarat.
As I rode in to Gundagai,
I met a man and passed him by
Without a nod, without a word.
He turned, and said he'd never heard
Or seen a man so wise as I.
But I rode on to Gundagai.
As I rode homeward, full of doubt,
I met a stranger riding out:
A foolish man he seemed to me;
But, "Nay, I am yourself," said he,
"Just as you were when you rode out."
So I rode homeward, free of doubt.
Scheme | AABBAA CCAAXC AAAAAA DBAABD AAEEAA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111011 11011101 01111111 11011111 01011101 111111 111011 11011111 01111111 01111101 11011111 111111 111011 11011111 01111111 11011111 11011111 111111 111011 11010111 01010101 11011101 11011111 111111 11110111 11010101 01011111 11110111 11101111 11110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 947 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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