Impromptu Lines

Joseph Furphy 1843 (Yering, Victoria) – 1912 (Claremont)



Deem not this wielder of this pen
The happiest bloke alive,
For I am only five-foot-ten,
And ye are ten-foot-five.
Wherefore I clothe myself in jute,
And likewise softly go,
Like that historical galoot
Whose tale you surely know.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABABCDCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 237
Words 41
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8

Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel". He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic. more…

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