Analysis of Aur cymraeg



I was on the 18th green at Mold
And I struck the ball too hard
It finished up in Henty Road
In Charlie Ward’s back yard.

Now Charlie was a mean old sod
In fact he was a miser
And he sold my ball to a German guy
Who lived in Mynydd Isa.

But my golf ball was special
It held a radio cell
And each time it was handled
It rang my telephone bell.

So I drove to Mynydd Isa
To retrieve my precious orb
And that is how I came to meet
My good friend  Gottfried Taub.

Yes, Gottfried was a character
A former Hitler Youth
Who got out just before the war
When someone leaked the truth.

In Wales he studied mining
And he worked by night and day
To find a source of precious ore
In Mold or Wrexham way.

He’d bought an ancient document
Which claimed, in days of old
That somewhere in the area
They’d found a seam of gold.

Through Summer, Autumn, Winter
He’d surveyed every quarter
Sometimes moving tons of soil
Often under water.

Last week Gottfried passed away
A disappointed man
With his last will and testament
He’d left me his last plan.

Sketched in several colours
Shades of light and dark
Suggesting that the golden seam
Runs under Broncoed Park.

Now as you know I’m much too old
To find this hidden seam
But listen up you North Wales lads
I have a cunning scheme.

I’d value your opinions
But to me it seems quite nifty
I’ll pass the treasure map to you
And we’ll go fifty-fifty.

So come along my lovely boys
Just write a verse or two
Explaining all the reasons
Why I should share with you.

Alan Parry- Booth                   28.07.15


Scheme ABXB XCXD XEXE DXXX CFGF XHGH XADA CCXC HIXI DJKJ AKXK LMNM XNLN F
Poetic Form
Metre 111011111 0110111 1101011 010111 11010111 0111010 0111110101 110110 1111110 110101 0111110 111101 1111110 1011101 01111111 111101 11010100 010101 11110101 11101 0111010 0111101 11011101 01111 11110100 110111 1100100 110111 1101010 10110010 0110111 101010 1110101 00101 11110100 111111 10101 11101 01010101 11011 11111111 111101 11011111 110101 1101010 11111110 11010111 0111010 11011101 110111 0101010 111111 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,504
Words 297
Sentences 17
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 53
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on November 29, 2015

Modified on March 14, 2023

1:29 min read
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Alan Parry-Booth

Born in the valleys of Wales in 1931..His first poem was published when he was only seven years old..Bard to WELSH GUARDS RE-UNITED.and a regular contributor to several other organizations..Alan has written many hundreds of poems during his long life. J.H. 2015 more…

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