Analysis of Parody Of “Uncle Ned”

Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1828 (London) – 1882 (Birchington-on-Sea)



DERE was an old nigger, and him name was Uncle Tom,
And him tale was rather slow;
Me try to read de whole, but me only read some,
Because me found it no go.
Den hang up de auther Mrs. Stowe,
And kick de volume wid your toe—
And dere's no more public for poor Uncle Tom,
He am gone whar de trunk—lining go.
Him tale dribbles on and on widout a break,
Till you hab no eyes for to see;
When I reached Chapter 4 I had got a headache,
So I had to let Chapter 4 be.
Den hang up, etc.
De demand one fine morning for Uncle Tom died,
De tears down Mrs. Stowe's face ran like rain;
For she knew berry well, now dey'd laid him on de shelf,
Dat she'd neber get a publisher again.
Den hang up, etc.


Scheme abcbbbabdedeFghijF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111100111101 0111101 111111111011 0111111 111110101 01110111 01111011101 111111101 1110101101 11111111 1111011101 11111101 111100 101111011011 1111011111 1111011111111 1111010001 111100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 680
Words 146
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 512
Words per stanza (avg) 144
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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