Analysis of The Beauty and the Dude
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
A fresh sweet-scented beauty
Came tripping down the street;
She was as fair a vision
As you might chance to meet.
A masher raised his cady
(I don’t want to be rude)
He raised it to the lady—
That fresh sweet-scented dude.
They met and talked and simpered
And giggled in the street;
They were as bright a vision
As you might wish to meet.
I don’t know what they’re good for,
But don’t want to be rude
To the fair sweet-scented beauty
Or the well-upholstered dude.
| Scheme | ABCBADAD ABCBXDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010 110101 1111010 111111 011110 111111 1111010 111101 110101 010001 1011010 111111 1111111 111111 10111010 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 465 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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