Analysis of Chivalrous Robbie



Had a name for Queen’s
Good English.
But he skipped in Gaelic form.
Gave us much from Cotter’s Cottage
Sunday’s fire
Would keep all warm.
Or a timid cowrin mousie
Passing through Life’s
Common part. With heart.

Get to January, that’s the ticket.
Dinners, readings for the Bard
Try some haggus.
What is in it?
Quickly throw it
Out the Yard.

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Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste,
An' weary winter comin fast,
An' cozie here, beneath the blast,
Thou thought to dwell -
Till crash! the cruel coulter past
Out thro' thy cell.
(Excerpt from To a Mouse)


Scheme AXBXXBAXX XCADDC X XEEFEFX
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 110 1110101 1111110 110 1111 101011 1011 10111 111001010 1010101 111 1101 1011 101 101 11011111 1101011 1110101 1111 11010101 1111 101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 649
Words 128
Sentences 14
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 9, 6, 1, 7
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on March 05, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 05, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 06, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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