Analysis of To Sunnydale
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
There lies the trail to Sunnydale,
Amid the lure of laughter.
Oh, how can we unhappy be
Beneath its leafy rafter!
Each perfect hour is like a flower,
Each day is like a posy.
How can you say the skies are grey?
You're wrong, my friend, they're rosy.
With right good will let's climb the hill,
And leave behind all sorrow.
Oh, we'll be gay! a bright to-day
Will make a bright to-morrow.
Oh, we'll be strong! the way is long
That never has a turning;
The hill is high, but there's the sky,
And how the West is burning!
And if through chance of circumstance
We have to go bare-foot, sir,
We'll not repine -- a friend of mine
Has got no feet to boot, sir.
This Happiness a habit is,
And Life is what we make it:
See! there's the trail to Sunnydale!
Up, friend! and let us take it.
Scheme | ABCBBDEC AFEFXGXG DBXBDHAH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 0101110 11110101 0111010 1011011010 111101 11110111 1111110 11111101 0101110 11110111 1101110 11110111 1101010 01111101 0101110 0111110 1111111 1110111 1111111 11000101 0111111 110111 1101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 761 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 193 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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