Analysis of The Auld Lang Toun
I rememeber when I wis a wee loon
A wee, wee laddie frae the auld lang toun.
We wid a' gang doon tae the auld Mill Dam
An' fish the Tiel Burn and I caught an eel
Which fell intae the long grass and big Rab
Asked me to sit on the grass but I widnae,
Or gang doon the beach tae pick the buckies
And see them move aboot oor cup and squeal
And swim in the sea but no too far oot
Till it wiz time tae gang hame fir a meal.
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Or at Valley Park hae a kick aboot
An' see my braither tak a penalty -
Having never missed wan, ithers declared -
In truth, he'd never taen wan ony day !
Or hae gang doon tae the Beveridge Park
Wi ma mum and dad and hae a wee game
O' tennis and beat my dad sae sorely
As if he had gaen me the belt fir blame.
Or by train tae Burntisland’s outdoor pool
See my pal jump frae the tap board sae brave
Wi’ his airms ootstretched, but never the fool
I cannae write doon the swear words he gave.
The open swimming pool’s a floating feast
Wi millions of dead fleas and a sea troot
Fit fir ony swimming carrion beast
But the gourmet meal I swam and swiped oot.
Or yon summers day walk tae Lochgelly
And fish for pike and perch at the loch pier
And get tar on oor feet as we walked hame -
Ah, youthful memories o' yester year.
And that's what a waed dae yon summers day
When I was a loon in the auld lang toun.
And when I went back when I was a man
The mem'ries clashed o'er events o' the past -
The Mill Dam is noo but a tiny trickle
The Teil Burn I can lowp ower wi' a stick
An' the auld harbour is an auld relic
And the buckies I widnae eat fir sure -
I dae think fir food poison there's a cure.
Cos, like yon butterfly on yon cabbage leaf
It disnae think, "I wish insteid of my
proboscis I 'd hae back my mandible"
No, it thinks o' adult things, though it may
Remember it’s past glories an hoo it ate
Thirty three leaves that grand summer's day -
But that's the past and noo's the day
So it flutters on to future fortunes
And leaves the past for pastures new
Cos, living in the past ignores the present
An' future fortunes presented anew.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111011 011110111 1101110111 1101101111 111011011 1111101111 111011101 011111101 0100111111 1111111101 1 111011011 111110100 101011101 011101111 1111101001 1110101011 1100111110 1111110111 1111111 1111101111 111111001 111101111 0101010101 1101110011 111101001 101111011 11101111 0111011011 0111111111 110100111 0110111101 1110100111 0111111101 0111001101 01111101010 0111111101 1011011110 00111111 1111110101 1111011101 11111111 01011111100 1111011111 01011101111 101111101 11010101 1110111010 01011101 11000101010 1101001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 2,080 |
Words | 446 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 9, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 7, 11 |
Lines Amount | 51 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
About this poem
This poem is about myself as a kid growing up in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland and things we did in Summer. It is unfinished as I will add more when I remember more anecdotes. Deek
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