Analysis of "Is It Hot Enough Fer You?"

George W Doneghy 1856 ( Union Parish, Louisiana, ) – 1937 (, Little Rock, Arkansas, )



I wouldn't mind the weather much--I'd sizzle and I'd stew,
And do the very best I could the heat to struggle through,
If I could find some way, you know, the feller to eschew,
Who greets you with the chestnut phrase--
"IS IT HOT ENOUGH FER YOU?"

The mercury might climb the tube and spill right out the top--
The sweat might ooze from every pore and off my carcass drop--
I wouldn't mind the heat at all, and keep my temper too,
If it wasn't for the cuss who says--
"IS IT HOT ENOUGH FER YOU?"

The sun might shine his level best--the sky seem molten brass--
The heat might dry up every stream, and burn up all the grass--
The evening come without a breeze--the morning have no dew--
If it wasn't for the 'moke' who asks
"IS IT HOT ENOUGH FER YOU?"


Scheme aaaxA bbaxA ccaxA
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101110011 01010111011101 11111111010101 1111011 1110111 01001101011101 011111001011101 11010111011101 111010111 1110111 01111101011101 011111001011101 01010101010111 111010111 1110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 763
Words 158
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 186
Words per stanza (avg) 48
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 06, 2023

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George W Doneghy

George Washington Donaghey was the 22nd Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1909 to 1913. more…

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