Analysis of Endless Song, The
Ruth McEnery 1849 ( Louisiana, ) – 1917 (New York, )
Oh, I used to sing a song,
An' dey said it was too long,
So I cut it off de en'
To accommodate a frien'
Nex' do', nex' do'
To accommodate a frien' nex' do'.
But it made de matter wuss
Dan it had been at de fus,
'Ca'ze de en' was gone, an' den
Co'se it didn't have no en'
Any mo', any mo'
Oh, it didn't have no en' any mo'!
So, to save my frien' from sinnin',
I cut off de song's beginnin';
Still he cusses right along
Whilst I sings about my song
Jes so, jes so,
Whilst I sings about my song jes so.
How to please 'im is my riddle,
So I'll fall back on my fiddle;
For I'd stan' myself on en'
To accommodate a frien'
Nex' do', nex' do'
To accommodate a frien' nex' do'.
Scheme | aabBCC ddbbee bbaaee ffbBCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1111111 1111111 101001 1111 10100111 1111101 1111111 11111111 11110111 101101 1110111101 1111111 111111 111101 1110111 1111 111011111 11111110 11111110 111111 101001 1111 10100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 785 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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