Analysis of Go West, Young Man (or north, or east, or south)
I've a story for you
I swear that it's true
It's about the queer folk
in the town where I grew
There's old Willie McFee
Who one day swallowed a bee
He screamed and he yelled
and ran into a tree
Sweet Sally Anne Blye
One day swatted a fly
Then she felt really bad
and she started to cry
Dr. Wilhelm Maloney
Always prescribed baloney
He practiced for years
though his degree was phoney
School marm Mrs. McGrath
Taught reading, writing, and math
She used two drops of water
when she took her bath
Simple Johnny O'Rourke
Always dressed like a dork
He made three dollars a week
selling barbequed pork
Then there's rich Carlton Fister
Whose wife murdered his sister
So he kept one eye open
whenever he kissed her
Bob and Jane Wheat
Made wine that's a treat
They crushed their own grapes
with their big stinky feet
My own brother Rick
You can bet he moves quick
He likes to hunt bears
with a long willow stick
I know this sound strange
But things there never change
That's why I now live
on the wide open range.
Scheme | AABACCDCEEFECCGCHHIHJBKJIILIMMNMOOPOQQRQ |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101011 11111 101011 001111 111001 1111001 11011 010101 11011 111001 111101 011011 11010 101010 11011 1101110 111001 1101001 1111110 11101 101001 11101 1111001 10101 1111010 1110110 1111110 010110 1011 11101 11111 111101 11101 111111 11111 10111 11111 111101 11111 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 965 |
Words | 191 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 40 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 801 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 191 |
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