| We're reminded that Stinie himself is a fiddler, in the non-musical sense, but the refrain line's single amphibrach, part sob, part accusation, constantly reasserts his entrapment and inescapable pathos. |
| The amphibrach is a foot of three syllables, the first and third short, and the second long. |
| The amphibrach plays a highly important part in English verse, though it is usual not to mention it at all. |
| But these lines are of the high burlesque kind, and in this stile the amphibrach closes lines with great beauty. |
