Analysis of The Missouri Mules
Missouri mules are sturdy, Missouri mules are strong,
And by their grit and valor they win our grateful song;
And if you choose the black mules or bay or gray or dun,
The spirit is the same, Sir;
They live up to their name, Sir;
And merit all their fame, Sir,
Before the day has run.
Missouri mules are happy, Missouri mules are glad,
And often very playful, but never really bad;
They take the menu offered or browse among the hills;
They greet the day with "He-haw!"
And thank-you say with "He-haw!"
And laugh away with "He-haw!"
Most every kind of ills.
Missouri mules are wise mules, they love their home and friends,
And love to do the services that bring in dividends;
But whether they are grazing or toiling for the pelf,
You never have to school them;
You needn't try to fool them;
And if you wish to rule them,
You first must rule yourself.
Missouri mules have vigor, Missouri mules have vim,
And equal the occasion if it be gay or grim;
For any bay or black mule or any dun or gray
Can race or bare or shod, Sir,
Or plow your loam or sod, Sir,
Or send you home to God, Sir,
Or else the other way.
Scheme | AABCCCB DDEFFFE GGHIIIH JJKCCCK |
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Poetic Form | Burns stanza (54%) |
Metre | 0101110010111 01110101110101 0111011111111 0101011 1111111 0101111 010111 0101110010111 0101010110101 1101010110101 1101111 0111111 0101111 1100111 0101111111101 0111010011010 1101110110101 1101111 1101111 0111111 111101 0101110010111 0100010111111 1101111110111 1111111 1111111 1111111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,205 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 217 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on March 21, 2021
Modified on April 14, 2023
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