Analysis of The Woodman And The Money Hunter

George Moses Horton 1779 (North Carolina) – 1883



Throughout our rambles much we find;
The bee trees burst with honey;
Wild birds we tame of every kind,
At once they seem to be resign'd;
I know but one that lags behind,
There's nothing lags but money.

The woods afford us much supply,
The opossum, coon, and coney;
They all are tame and venture nigh,
Regardless of the public eye,
I know but one among them shy,
There's nothing shy but money.

And she lies in the bankrupt shade;
The cunning fox is funny;
When thus the public debts are paid,
Deceitful cash is not afraid,
Where funds are hid for private trade,
There's nothing paid but money.

Then let us roam the woods along,
And drive the coon and coney;
Our lead is good, our powder strong,
To shoot the pigeons as they throng,
But sing no more the idle song,
Nor prowl the chase for money.


Scheme ABAAAB CBCCCB DBDDDB EBEEEB
Poetic Form
Metre 01101111 0111110 111111001 11111101 11111101 1101110 01011101 00101010 11110101 01010101 11110111 1101110 01100101 0101110 11010111 01011101 11111101 1101110 11110101 0101010 1011110101 11010111 11110101 1101110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 801
Words 151
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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George Moses Horton

George Moses Horton was an African-American poet and the first African American poet to be published in the Southern United States. His book was published in 1828 while he was still a slave; he remained a slave until he was emancipated late in the Civil War. more…

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