Analysis of George Jones Reflects
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
It's up an' down, as me father said,
An' his as went before him
Good days could never turn his head
Nor the worst of seasons floor him.
(Said old george Jones). I've heard him say
Full many a time an' often,
'The man who knows no evil day
Ain't toughened so he can out-stay
Good times, in which men soften.'
See-saw. 'Tis the older law
That's ruled the world since Adam.
If men ain't sipped the bitter cup,
How can the good days cheer 'em up?
They never know they had 'em.
So, by-an'-large, I'm sorter glad
I've had a chance to share 'em
These long, lean years we've lately had.
Now good years come we've got the bad
With which we can compare 'em.
I've heard men say the land is done
Because the hard times fool 'em.
Poor simple loons, they ain't begun
To know the laws wot rule 'em.
'Men ain't learned yet to live on air,'
I've hard my ole dad chuckle.
'Stick to the land. All wealth lies where
Earth bids all men to seek it, e'er
When life gets near the knuckle.'
See-saw. 'Tis the olden law;
An' laws help them as learned 'em.
An' us ole stagers wot held fast
To earth, now clear days down at last,
Why, praise the Lord, we've earned 'em.
Hard earned (said old George Jones) most ways
High prized. New loads is lighter,
Us, who held fast can well spare praise,
Aye, even for then strengthenin' days
That makes these good days brighter.
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Metre | 111111101 1111011 11110111 10111011 11111111 11001110 01111101 11011111 1101110 1110101 1101110 11110101 11011111 1101111 11111101 1101111 11111101 11111101 1111011 11110111 0101111 11011101 1101111 11111111 1111110 11011111 111111110 1111010 1110101 1111111 1111111 11111111 1101111 11111111 1111110 11111111 1101111 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,316 |
Words | 262 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 10, 9, 10 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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