Analysis of Murderers
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
He was my best and oldest friend.
I'd known him all my life.
And yet I'm sure towards the end
He knew I loved his wife,
And wonder, wonder if it's why
He came so dreadfully to die.
He drove his car at racing speed
And crashed into a tree.
How could he have so little heed?
A skillful driver he.
I think he must have found that day
Some love-letters that went astray.
I looked into the woman's eyes
And there I saw she knew.
There was no shadow of surmise, -
For her himself he slew:
That he might leave her free to wed
The "me" she worshipped in his stead.
She whispered as she bade me go:
"I think he found us out."
And in her face the hate and woe
Was his revenge, no doubt.
Life cannot link us . . . though glad-green
His grave - he stands between.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 111111 01110101 111111 01010111 11110011 11111101 010101 11111101 010101 11111111 11101101 11010101 011111 1111101 100111 11110111 01110011 11011111 111111 00010101 110111 11011111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 736 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 16 |
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) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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