Analysis of Consummation
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
They may be duds or they may be drones,
Or legislators heaven-sent;
But the A.L.P. for all atones
When it gets them into Parliament.
Tho' they talk sheer drivel once they're there,
Our job is done. Why should we care?
They may be mild or they may be reds,
Or 'has-beens' who have missed the bus.
But the simple job of counting heads
Is all that matters much to us.
And the job we do with wondrous ease
Is the mas production of M.P's.
So, why blame us in peevish gloom,
And charge us with this grievous sin?
They may involve the land in doom;
But our job's done; we've got 'em in.
As from the pod come peas all green
We turn 'em out with our machine.
They may be robots, built with care,
Or silly sheep, or crazy goats;
But, once they're tied and branded there,
They art no longer men, but votes.
Thus, we our glorious aim achieve,
And triumph, tho' the nation grieve.
Scheme | AXAXBB CDCDXA EFEFGG BHBHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 1100101 101111 111101100 111110111 101111111 111111111 11111101 101011101 11110111 001111101 10101011 11110101 01111101 11010101 110111110 11011111 111111001 1111111 11011101 11110101 11110111 1110100101 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 853 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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