The Ballad of M. T. Nutt and His Dog
Andrew Barton Paterson 1864 (Orange, New South Wales) – 1941 (Sydney, New South Wales)
The Honourable M. T. Nutt
About the bush did jog.
Till, passing by a settler's hut,
He stopped and bought a dog.
Then started homewards full of hope,
Alas, that hopes should fail!
The dog pulled back and took the rope
Beneath the horse's tail.
The Horse remarked, "I would be soft
Such liberties to stand!"
"Oh dog," he said, "Go up aloft,
Young man, go on the land!"
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AXAXBCBC XDXD |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 375 |
| Words | 74 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 4 |
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