Analysis of Ballade Of The Golfer In Love

Clinton Scollard 1860 – 1932




In the "foursome" some would fain
Find nepenthe for their woe;
Following through shine or rain
Where the "greens" like satin show;
But I vote such sport as "slow"
Find it rather glum and gruesome;
With a little maid I know
I would play a quiet "twosome"!

In the "threesome," some maintain,
Lies excitement's gayest glow,
Strife that mounts unto the brain
Like the sparkling Veuve Clicquot;
My opinion? Nay, not so!
Noon or eve or morning dewsome
With a little maid I know
I would play a quiet "twosome"!

Bays of glory some would gain
With grim "Bogey" for their foe;
(He's a bogey who's not slain
Save one smite with canny blow!)
Yet I hold this tame, and though
My refrain seems trite, 'tis truesome;
With a little maid I know
I would play a quiet "twosome"!

Comrades all who golfing go,
Happiness, if you would view some,
With a little maid you know,
Haste and play a quiet "twosome"!


Scheme ababbcBC abaxbcBC ababbcBC bcbc
Poetic Form
Metre 0010111 11111 1001111 1011101 1111111 11101010 1010111 11101010 0010101 1111 1111001 101011 1010111 1111101 1010111 11101010 1110111 1110111 1010111 1111101 1111101 1011111 1010111 11101010 111101 10011111 1010111 10101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 877
Words 170
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 170
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Clinton Scollard

Clinton Scollard was a prolific American poet and occasional writer of fiction He was a Professor of English at Hamilton College and collaborator and husband of Jessie Belle Rittenhouse more…

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