Analysis of A Love Song
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
O! Hernia! My hernia.
'Twas here we parted dear
A parting that for four long weeks
Held me in sickness here.
But three short hours I knew you, love
Well I remember yet
I left a tram in Collins street
And suddenly, we met.
No mortal could have parted us
While reason held its sway
They drugged me, Gentle Hernia
And carried you away.
And then I knew my Hernia
Where ere what ere you are
Our parting at Coonara Street
Has left me with a scar.
A scar that I shall bear thro life
A memory of you.
And Hernia! O Hernia,
My bank-book has one too.
Scheme | AXXX XBCB XDAD AECE XFAF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11001100 111101 01011111 110101 111101111 110101 11010101 010011 11011101 110111 11110100 010101 01111100 111111 1010111 111101 01111111 010011 01001100 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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