Analysis of My Masters
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Of Poetry I've been accused,
But much more often I have not;
Oh, I have been so much amused
By those who've put me on the spot,
And measured me by rules above
Those I observe with equal love.
An artisan of verse am I,
Of simple sense and humble tone;
My Thesaurus is handy by,
A rhyming lexicon I own;
Without them I am ill at ease -
What bards would use such aids as these?
Bad poets make good verse, they say;
The Great have not distained to woo
The modest muse of every day;
Read Longfellow and Byron through,
The fabric test - much verse you'll see
Compared with what is poetry.
Small blame; one cannot always soar
To heights of hyaline sublime;
Melodious prose one must deplore,
And fetters of rebellious rhyme:
Keats, Browning - that's another tale,
But even Giants fail and fail.
I've worshipped Ryley, Harte and Field,
And though their minstrelsy I lack,
To them heart-homage here I yield,
And follow with my verseman's pack:
To them with gratitude I look,
For briefing me to make this book.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII JKJKLL MNMNOO |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 11001101 11110111 11111101 11011101 01011101 11011101 11001111 11010101 10101101 0101011 01111111 11111111 11011111 0111111 010111001 1100101 01011111 01111100 1111011 111101 010011101 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 011111 11110111 0101111 1111011 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 978 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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