Analysis of 'Jack'
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Since Stanley felt the icy blast
Jack leads the Opposition.
A mild, scholastic man to cast
For such a tough position.
Fit for some rude iconoclast
Or thick-skinned politician.
His academic mind e'er seeks
Direct appeals to reason;
He thinks a deal before he speaks,
And ever speaks in season.
Quibbling, to him, with folly reeks,
And sophistry is treason.
All sentiment he safely locks
Within; and jokes unnerve him;
No soap or any other box
As pedestal would serve him.
He'd analyse a paradox;
And jibes can never swerve him.
A poor equipment, this, you'd say,
To meet the hurly-burly.
Where votes are wheedled in a way
Both devious and curly.
We may grow up to Jack some day.
He's sound, but somewhat early.
Scheme | ABABAB CBCBCB DEDEDE FGFGFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 110010 01010111 1101010 111110 111010 10101101 0101110 11010111 0101010 100111101 01110 11001101 0101011 11110101 1100111 11010 0111011 01010111 1101010 1111001 1100010 11111111 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 694 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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