The Golf Walk
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
Behold, my child, this touching scene,
The golfer on the golfing-green;
Pray mark his legs’ uncanny swing,
The golf-walk is a gruesome thing!
See how his arms and shoulders ride
Above his legs in haughty pride,
While over bunker, hill and lawn
His feet, relentless, drag him on.
And does the man walk always so?
Nay! nay I my child, and eke, oh! no!
It is a gait he only knows
When he has on his golfing clothes.
Blame not the man for that strange stride
He could not help it if he tried;
It is his timid feet that try
From his obstreperous clothes to fly.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCXX DDXX CCEE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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