Analysis of Hoch Der Hausfrau!
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Back to the kicthen, mein Gretchen!
Back to the scullery, frau!
You have dreamed your brief hour of a matriarch's pow'r:
But it's dishes and drudgery now.
Your head bent in humble submission,
Your back for the masculine flail,
Speak softly, and know your position,
Meek slave of the dominant male.
Back to the kicthen, mein fraulein!
Back to the post and the pans.
To that menial place marked for you in the race.
This earth and its glories are Man's
Seek you a strong master, my daughter,
And serve him; yet be not appalled:
But give him stout sons for the slaughter
When more cannon fodder is called.
Hausfrau! Hark you back to the kitchen!
Your visions of glory are vain.
The old Teuton gods count you chattels and clods,
And the Blond Beast has risen again.
Your masters, with arrogance drunken,
Have brought your ambitions to wreck;
Your glories are spurlos versunken.
Ach! Woman! Our heel on her neck.
Scheme | ABXBACAC ADXDEFEF AXDXAGAG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 11011 111111010111 111001001 111010010 11101001 110011010 11101001 110111 1101001 111001111001 11011011 110110110 01111101 111111010 11101011 11111010 11011011 011111101 001111001 110110010 11101011 110111 110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 895 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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