Analysis of Boxer's Wife
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
She phoned them when the Round was Eight:
'How is my Joe?' they heard her say.
They answered: 'Gee! He's going great,
Your guy's Okay.'
She phoned them when the Round was Nine:
'How is my hero in the fray?'
They yelled: 'He leads; he's doing fine,--
Joe's sure Okay.'
She phoned them when the Round was Ten:
'Is it still Okay with my Joe?'
Reluctant came the answer then,--
No Ma'am, KAYO.
Scheme | ABAB CBCB DEDE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110111 11111101 11011101 111 11110111 11110001 11111101 111 11110111 1111111 01010101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 446 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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