Analysis of The Band
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Hey, there! Listen awhile! Listen awhile, and come.
Down in the street there are marching feet, and I hear the beat of a drum.
Bim! Boom!! Out of the room! Pick up your hat and fly!
Isn't it grand? The band! The band! The band is marching by!
Oh, the clarinet is the finest yet, and the uniforms are gay.
Tah, rah! We don't go home -
Oom, pah! We won't go home -
Oh, we shan't go home, and we can't go home when the band begins to play.
Oh, see them swinging along, swinging along the street!
Left, right! buttons so bright, jackets and caps so neat.
Ho, the Fire Brigade, or a dress parade of the Soldier-men is grand;
But everyone, for regular fun, wants a Big-Brass-Band.
The slide-trombone is a joy alone, and the drummer! He's a treat!
So, Rackety-rumph! We don't go home -
Boom, Bumph! We won't go home -
Oh, we shan't go home, and we can't go home while the band is in the street.
Tooral-ooral, Oom-pah!
The band is in the street!
Scheme | AABB CDDC EEFF EDDEXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111001100101 10011110101101101 111101111101 10110101011101 100110101001011 111111 111111 111111011111010111 1111001100101 111011100111 101001101011010111 1101100110111 0101101010010101 1111111 111111 111111011111011001 1111 011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 993 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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