Analysis of Facility
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
So easy 'tis to make a rhyme,
That did the world but know it,
Your coachman might Parnassus climb,
Your butler be a poet.
Then, oh, how charming it would be
If, when in haste hysteric
You called the page, you learned that he
Was grappling with a lyric.
Or else what rapture it would yield,
When cook sent up the salad,
To find within its depths concealed
A touching little ballad.
Or if for tea and toast you yearned,
What joy to find upon it
The chambermaid had coyly laid
A palpitating sonnet.
Your baker could the fashion set;
Your butcher might respond well;
With every tart a triolet,
With every chop a rondel.
Your tailor's bill . . . well, I'll be blowed!
Dear chap! I never knowed him . . .
He's gone and written me an ode,
Instead of what I owed him.
So easy 'tis to rhyme . . . yet stay!
Oh, terrible misgiving!
Please do not give the game away . . .
I've got to make my living.
Scheme | ABAX CDCD EFEF XBXB XGBG HIHI JKJK |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11011101 1101111 1101101 1101010 11110111 110110 11011111 1101010 11110111 1111010 11011101 0101010 11110111 1111011 011101 0100010 11010101 1101011 1100101 1100101 1111111 1111011 11010111 0111111 11011111 1100010 11110101 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 869 |
Words | 166 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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