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
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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Submitted by halel on July 15, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ruth McEnery

Ruth McEnery Stuart (1849–1917) was an American author.  more…

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