Analysis of 'John T'
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
I think a great deal too much fuss
Has been aroused 'mid all of us
About this crude economist John T.
And fellows of his kidney now,
'Mid people up in Sydney now,
Are slipping in that city of the free.
He wooed them with high promises
And, 'spite the doubting Thomases,
Cupidity had urged them on to trust
Political cupidity,
Which, plus a strange stupidity,
Had lured them to a scheme of 'boom and bust.'
John T. has perspicacity;
He has a vast capacity
For measuring his moron passing well.
Tho' men of seniority,
When they're in a majority
They'll send him into office for a spell.
But even morons think a while
When trembling on the brink a while
Of chaos, and they've lately come to see,
Subtracting his aggressiveness
And picturesque expressiveness.
There's noting much remaining of John T.
Scheme | AABCCB XXDBBD BBEBBE FFBAAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 11011111 0111010011 01011101 11010101 1100110101 11111100 01010100 0100111111 01000100 11010100 1111011101 1111 11010100 110011101 1110100 11000100 1110110101 1101101 110010101 1100110111 01010100 01001 1101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 782 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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