Analysis of The Alternative - 1927
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Betty Yack, of Mittyack, charming was and young;
But Betty Yack of Mittyack, had a bitter tongue.
And she married her one Otto who henceforth seemed doomed for life,
To submit to the upbraiding of his bonny, bitter wife.
Betty Yack of Mittyack, joined, while still quite charming,
That association having aims for better farming.
'So far, so good, my bitter Bet,' remarked her husband, Otto.
'If you join associations you must then adopt the motto.'
Betty read the articles and pondered quite a while,
Then nodded to her husband with a soft but gentle smile.
And the happy little couple are at last released from strife.
For Betty Yack, of Mittyack, stays dumb for all her life.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1011110101 11011110101 01100111111111 1011011110101 10111111110 1001010111010 11111101010101 111001011101010 1010100010101 11010101011101 001010101110111 110111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 675 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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