Tiller and hoe
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1855 (Janesville) – 1919
TWO FELLERS I KNOW, WITH A TILLER AND A HOE
WENT OUT TO MAKE THEIR GARDEN GROW
ONE WAS SHORT AND THE OTHER TALL
WORKED FROM EARLY SPRING 'TILL LATE FALL
PLANTED THEIR SEEDS ALL IN A ROW
THEN WENT BACK TO HELP THEM GROW
CORN GREW TALL AND BEANS GOT THICK
HOW THEIR BACKS WOULD HURT WHEN THEY PICKED
THEY FILLED THEIR BASKETS AND EVERY PAIL
THEN SAT IN THE SHADE TO TELL A TALE
IN THEIR HEARTS WAS GREAT FEAR
FOR THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT ELECTION YEAR
IT LOOKED LIKE REAGAN WOULD SURELY SUCCEED
IF HE DID THEY'D BE GLAD THEY PLANTED SEED
THEY REMEMBERED YEARS FROM LONG AGO
THRU A TERRIBLE DEPRESSION THEY DID GO
HAD NO BREAD NOR MEAT, NOT ANYTHING MUCH TO EAT
NOTHING TO DO BUT WALK THE STREETS
THE BANKS ALL CLOSED AS THEY WELL KNOW
THE SHORT ONE LOST ALL HIS DOUGH
THE TALL ONE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE
HE COULDN'T EVEN BUY A PAIR OF SHOES
REAGAN WON, THEY HAD TO CONFESS
OH! MY GOODNESS, WHAT A MESS
IF THIS COUNTRY WOULD HAPPEN TO SEE
BAD THINGS HAPPEN LIKE IN "33
THEY CAN'T HELP WHAT'S PAST AND DONE
THEY WILL STILL WORK THE GARDEN AND HAVE FUN
REPUBLICANS MAY TAKE AWAY THEIR FOOD STAMPS AND WELFARE DOUGH
BUT THEY WILL LEAVE THEM THEIR TILLER AND HOE!
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Submitted on November 13, 2018
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AABB AAXX CCDD EEAA XXAA FFGG XXHHAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,126 |
Words | 226 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 6 |
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