Analysis of The Protest
Andrew Barton Paterson 1864 (Orange, New South Wales) – 1941 (Sydney, New South Wales)
I say 'e isn't Remorse!
'Ow do I know?
Saw 'im on Riccarton course
Two year ago!
Think I'd forget any 'orse?
Course 'e's The Crow!
Bumper Maginnis and I
After a "go",
Walkin' our 'orses to dry,
I says "Hello!
What's that old black goin' by?"
Bumper says "Oh!
That's an old cuddy of Flanagan's --
Runs as The Crow!"
Now they make out 'e's Remorse.
Well, but I know.
Soon as I came on the course
I says "'Ello!
'Ere's the old Crow."
Once a man's seen any 'orse,
Course 'e must know.
Sure as there's wood in this table,
I say 'e's The Crow.
(Cross-examied by the Committee.)
'Ow do I know the moke
After one sight?
S'posin' you meet a bloke
Down town at night,
Wouldn't you know 'im again when you meet 'im?
That's 'im all right!
What was the brand on 'is 'ide?
I couldn't say,
Brands can be transmogrified.
That ain't the way --
It's the look of a 'orse and the way that 'e moves
That I'd know any day.
What was the boy on 'is back?
Why, 'e went past
All of a minute, and off down the track.
-- "The 'orse went as fast?"
True, so 'e did! But my eyes, what a treat!
'Ow can I notice the 'ands and the seat
Of each bumble-faced kid of a boy that I meet?
Lor'! What a question to ast!
(Protest Dismissed)
Scheme | ABABABCBCBCBAB ABADBABDB EFGFGXG XHEHXH IJIJKKKJX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (29%) |
Metre | 1111001 1111 11111 1101 1101101 1101 1010001 1001 110111 1101 111111 1011 1111011 1101 1111101 1111 1111101 111 1011 1011101 1111 11110110 11101 1110010 111101 1011 11101 1111 10111011111 1111 1101111 1101 1111 1101 101101001111 111101 1101111 1111 1101001101 01111 1111111101 1111001001 111011101111 1101011 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,207 |
Words | 248 |
Sentences | 31 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 9, 7, 6, 9 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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