Analysis of Drilling & Blasting (Prequel to Mary MacLary)
Drillin' & Blastin'
Drillin' 'n blastin'
c#nt of a job
Cairns in the 70's
f#ck it was hot
47 Celsius
and that was in the shade
Where the f#ck you say this iz?!
You'd swear you were in Hades
BIG ED was The Boss Man
Apprenticed ("Fearless") Fred & Mac
If ya didn't work yer guts out
Yer were sure t' get the sack
Gelignite, exploding rocks,
to a young lad sounds like fun
Light the fuse and run like f#ck
or this time you'd be done!
C#nt - had sold us fast burn (fuse)
The one time, Ed, NOT check
If not for Fearless' Eagle eye
The three of 'em were dead
"Is that supposed to burn that fast?"
Fred laconically enquired
"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT FARRRRRRRK -
GET IN THE TRUUUUUUCK!!!!!!!!"
for sure - they'd be EXPIRED
PEDAL TO THE METAL
WHERE THE F#@K WAS MACCA!?!!!
Boltin' faster 'n (Deek) Costella
Nick of time - he caught 'em up
Rocks were raining down on them
Debris, gigantic boulders
Driving blind, Ed couldn't see for dust
The truck, he nearly rolled 'er
The locals of the nearby town
gathered 'round to watch the action
Emerging from the dust and rocks
The guys and truck.... an apparition???
"We thought yoo'z were goners mate"
Everyone in shock.
ONE HELLUV AN EXPLOSION!!!!
sh!t-stained were their jocks
Only one thing left to do
Was celebrate their luck
Hit the local waterin' hole
and get blind ragin' drunk!!!
Scheme | A AXBC XXBX ADXD EADA XXXX XCDDX XDXX XXXX AAEA XXAE XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 101 11101 1001 11111 100 011001 10111111 1110010 111011 0101011 11101111 1011101 10101 1011111 10101111 111111 11111111 011111 11110101 011101 11011111 111 11 1001 111101 101010 101111 1101110 1111111 1010111 0101010 101110111 0111010 01010111 10111010 01010101 01011010 1111011 1001 111010 11011 1011111 11011 101011 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,290 |
Words | 246 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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