Highly Desireable
Edward George Dyson 1865 (Ballarat, Victoria) – 1931 (Saint Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria)
The boarder in the bar-room rose,
A pale gaunt man who lodged with Hann,
“I bear,” he said, “the worst of woes,
And suffer torments no one knows,
For do my best I never can
Have sleep like any other man.
“I have insomnia,” said he.
“At times it drives me mad outright.
Whate’er I do, where’er I be,
Its just the same – so sleep for me.
You won’t believe for three years quite
I haven’t slept two hours a night.”
Boss-cocky Billson softly swore,
And turning from his chestnut cob.
“What’s that?” he questioned from the door.
“You say that you don’t sleep no more
Than two hours? I pay thirty bob.
Now, mister, do you want a job?”
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAABB CDCCDD EFEEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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