'Jim'
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Have you heard the magniloquent, eloquent Jim?
The yogi of Yarra, whose silvery tongue,
In days of his promise won many votes from us,
When loud in the land was the praise of him sung,
And he magnetised all with his vigor and vim -
That great oratorical oracle, Jim.
But the days of his rigorous, vigorous speech
And plausible promise have gone to the pack.
When days comes for action, the feud and the faction
Are making him seem a political hack
For the gamour is gone andhis glory goes dim,
And inflation oration may jettison Jim.
The silence so golden, in olden days gone,
Is not yet debased, tho' he talked without end.
His usus loquendi has come to an end, he
Must seek for new methods if ways he would mend,
The land looks for much from her eminent son;
But talking and baulking won't get the thing done.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | ABXBAA XCDCAA XEXEDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 802 |
Words | 154 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
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