Analysis of Bush Justice
Charles Harpur 1813 (Windsor) – 1868 (Australia)
A Dealer, bewitched by gain-promising dreams
Settled down near my Station, to trade with my Teams,
And to sell to, my men too! from whom, through the nose,
Until then, I had screw'd just what prices I chose;
And for this, to be sure, I so hated the man,
That I swore ne'er to rest till I'd settled some plan
Whereby in the Lockup to cleverly cram him!
And so to my Super the matter I put,
Who thereupon 'found' a sheep's head near his hut,
And the 'how came it there?' was sufficient to damn him,
The Beak before who I then lugg'd him, as you
May suppose, being neck-deep in Squattery too.
'Twas a beautiful Hearing, as noted at large
By the Clerk (who was bonuss'd)-sheep-stealing the charge;
'Twould make your hearts laugh in the Records to see
How we bullied him out of his wits! -I say we,
Because while on this side against him 1 banged,
On the other the Beak said he ought to be hanged,
For a gallows-grained, scandalous son of transgression!
And committing him then-the case being so plain,
We sent him three hundred miles 'down on the chain'
To his Trial-and eke to his 'acquittal', at Session!
For what care we Squatters for Law on a push?
And for Justice! what has she to do with the Bush?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001111001 101111011111 011111111101 011111111011 011111111001 111111111011 01001110011 01111001011 1011011111 0011111010111 01011111111 1011011011 101001011011 10111111001 11111000111 111011111111 0111110111 101001111111 1010110011010 001011011011 11111011101 11100111010110 11111011101 011011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,184 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 457 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 113 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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