Analysis of Julie Claire
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Oh Julie Claire was very fair,
Yet generous as well,
And many a lad of metal had
A saucy tale to tell
Of sultry squeeze beneath the trees
Or hugging in the hay . . .
Of love her share had Julie Claire
When life was lush and gay.
And then the village wealth to pillage
Came the Teuton horde;
The haughty Huns with mighty guns
And clattering of sword.
And Julie Claire had honey hair
With eyes of soft azure,
So she became the favoured flame
Of the Kommandatur.
But when at last the plague was past,
The bloody war well won,
We clipped the locks of every dox
Who dallied with the Hun.
Each wench with scorn was duly shorn;
Our Marie the shears would weld,
And Julie's head with ringlets shed
Was like a turnip peeled.
But of these days of wanton ways
No more the village talks,
For Julie Claire has wed the Maire
Who clipped her golden locks . . .
Nay, do not try to me I
Must suffer for my sins,
For all agree the Marie must be
The father of her twins.
Scheme | ABXBCDAD XEXEAXXA XFCFXXXX XXAXXGXG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 110011 010011101 010111 11010101 110001 11011101 111101 010101110 1011 01011101 010011 01011101 111110 1101011 101 11110111 010111 110111001 110101 11111101 10010111 0101111 110101 11111101 110101 11011101 110101 1111111 110111 110100111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 928 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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