Analysis of A Fair Risk
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Rashly I shot an arrow in the air,
And, as my shaft into the zenith sped,
I knew 'twas bound to fall some time, somewhere;
And wondered if 'twould dropp upon some head.
A certain friend of mine who loitered near
Remarked, 'Don't let the thing distress you, please.
'Twill hit a politician, never fear.'
And so, my tortured conscience was at ease.
Now, when I read of Party Government,
Its wrangles, lies, and methods most unfair,
I calmly step outside my tenement
And shoot another arrow in the air.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EAEA |
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Poetic Form | Pantoum Quatrain |
Metre | 111110001 0111010101 111111111 0101110111 010111111 0111010111 110010101 0111010111 1111110100 1101010101 1101111100 0101010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 499 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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