Analysis of The Famine and The Feast
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Cackle and lay, cackle and lay!
How many eggs did you get to-day?
None in the manger, and none in the shed,
None in the box where the chickens are fed,
None in the tussocks and none in the tub,
And only a little one out in the scrub.
Oh, I say! Dumplings to-day.
I fear that the hens must be laying away.
Cackle and lay, cackle and lay!
How many eggs did you get to-day?
Two in the manger, and four in the shed,
Six in the box where the chickens are fed,
Two in the tussocks and ten in the tub,
And nearly two dozen right out in the scrub.
Hip, hooray! Pudding to-day!
I think that the hens are beginning to lay.
Scheme | AAbbccaa AAbbccaa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011001 110111111 1001001001 1001101011 100101001 01001011001 1111011 11101111001 10011001 110111111 1001001001 1001101011 100101001 01011011001 1011011 11101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 230 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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