Analysis of Then Ag'in
Sam Walter Foss 1858 (Candia) – 1911
Jim Bowker, he said, ef he'd had a fair show,
And a big enough town for his talents to grow,
And the least bit assistance in hoein' his row,
Jim Bowker, he said,
He'd filled the world full of the sound of his name,
An' clim the top round in the ladder of fame.
It may have been so;
I dunno;
Jest so, it might been,
Then ag'in,
But he had tarnal luck, eyerythin' went ag'in him,
The arrers of fortune they allus' 'ud pin him;
So he didn't get no chance to show off what was in him.
Jim Bowker, he said,
Ef he'd had a fair show, you couldn't tell where he'd come,
An' the feats he'd a-done, an' the heights he'd a-clum,
It may have been so;
I dunno;
Jest so, it might been,
Then ag'in,
But we're all like Jim Bowker, thinks I, more or less,
Charge fate for our bad luck, ourselves for success,
An' give fortune the blame for all our distress,
As Jim Bowker, he said,
Ef it hadn't been for luck an' misfortune an' sich,
We might a-been famous, an' might a-been rich.
It might be jest so;
I dunno;
Jest so, it might been,
Then ag'in,
Scheme | aaaBccAADD eeeBffAADD gggbaxaADD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (53%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 11011111011 001011111011 00110100111 11011 11011101111 11011001011 11111 101 11111 110 1111111101 0111011111 11101111111101 11011 1110111101111 101101101101 11111 101 11111 110 111111011111 1111011001101 111001111001 111011 1110111101011 11011011011 11111 101 11111 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,007 |
Words | 208 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 250 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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