Analysis of Rhyme Builder
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I envy not those gay galoots
Who count on dying in their boots;
For that, to tell the sober truth
Sould be the privilege of youth;
But aged bones are better sped
To heaven from a downy bed.
So prop me up with pillows two,
And serve me with the barley brew;
And put a pencil in my hand,
A copy book at my command;
And let my final effort be
To ring a rhyme of homely glee.
For since I've loved it oh so long,
Let my last labour be in song;
And when my pencil falters down,
Oh may a final couplet crown
The years of striving I have made
To justify the jinglers trade.
Let me surrender with a rhyme
My long and lovely lease of time;
Let me be grateful for the gift
To couple words in lyric lift;
Let me song-build with humble hod,
My last brick dedicate to God.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF GGHHII JJKKCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 11110011 11110101 1101011 1111101 11010101 11111101 01110101 01010011 01011101 01110101 11011101 11111111 1111101 01110101 1101011 01110111 110011 11010101 11010111 11110101 11010101 11111101 1111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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