Analysis of 'Bobbie' for Brotherhood
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Lang syne I penned a mickle rhyme
That muckle grief brocht to my soul;
For critics said 'twas aye a crime
Nae Scottish patriot could thole
Whit way I ca'ed their honored bard,
Wi' kind intention, 'Bobbie' Burns.
Aye, mon, they smote me fine an' hard
Wi' sic' fierce words as nae yin learns
Save native sons, those braw, stern men
O' mountain crag an' heather glen.
Misdoubtin' whit my critics said,
An' sair distressed aboot my plight,
A notion cam' intil my head
To haud a Scottish plebiscite.
Forbye I passed frae Scot to Scot
Spierin' whit way they named their bard,
An' aye the same reply I got
Wi'out dispute in sic' regard;
For ilka mon gie'd answer straight
Wi' ne'er a thocht tae heesitate.
A mon frae Glasea first I speired,
A humble an' unlettered loon,
An' then a scholar, red o' beard,
That cam' from Edinburgh toon;
A Hielan' chief, a rowan' chiel,
Men oot o' Leith an' Aberdeen,
Tae ane an' a' I made appeal,
Tae gowk an' greybeard, wife an' wean,
An' a', wi' unanimity
The selfsame answer gi'ed tae me.
An 'twas na' Robert, Rab or Rob
They ca'ed yon braw, poetic yin
That wakes in Scottish hearts a throb
Wi' words that mak' the whole world kin.
They named him 'Bobbie' wi'out shame,
As Bobbie he will ever be
To sic' as scorn to clothe his name
Wi' smug respectabeelity.
To humble hearts his songs defend
Beloved Bobbie, brither, friend.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEE FGFGHCHCXC CIXIBJXJKK LMLMNKNCOO |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11110101 11011111 11011101 11010011 111111101 11010101 11111111 11111111 11011111 11011101 111101 1101111 0101111 1101010 1111111 1111111 11010111 1010101 11011101 110111 0111111 010111 11010111 11110001 0110101 1111110 11101101 1111111 1010100 0110111 11110111 111110101 11010101 11110111 1111011 11011101 11111111 111 11011101 011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,352 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 256 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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