Analysis of The Romance Of Patrolman Casey
Ellis Parker Butler 1869 (Muscatine) – 1937 (Williamsville)
There was a young patrolman who
Had large but tender feet;
They always hurt him badly when
He walked upon his beat.
(He always took them with him when
He walked upon his beat.)
His name was Patrick Casey and
A sweetheart fair had he;
Her face was full of freckles—but
Her name was Kate McGee.
(It was in spite of freckles that
Her name was Kate McGee.)
'Oh, Pat!' she said, 'I’ll wed you when
Promotion comes to you!'
'I’m much-obliged,' he answered, and
'I’ll see what I can do.'
(I may remark he said it thus—
'Oi’ll say phwat Oi kin do.')
So then he bought some new shoes which
Allowed his feet more ease—
They may have been large twelves. Perhaps
Eighteens, or twenty-threes.
(That’s rather large for shoes, I think—
Eighteens or twenty-threes!)
What last they were I don’t know, but
Somehow it seems to me
I’ve heard somewhere they either were
A, B, C, D, or E.
(More likely they were five lasts wide—
A, B plus C, D, E.)
They were the stoutest cowhide that
Could be peeled off a cow.
But he was not promoted
So
Kate wed him anyhow.
(This world is crowded full of Kates
That wed them anyhow.)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011 111101 1111101 110111 1111111 110111 11110100 01111 01111101 011101 11011101 011101 11111111 010111 11011100 111111 11011111 111111 11111111 011111 11111101 011101 11011111 011101 11101111 11111 1111100 011111 11010111 011111 100111 111101 1111010 1 11110 11110111 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,093 |
Words | 220 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 2, 1, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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