Analysis of The Trail Of No Return
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
So now I take a bitter road
Whereon no bourne I see,
And wearily I lift the load
That once I bore with glee.
For me no more by sea or shore
Adventure's star shall burn,
As I forsake wild ways to take
The Trail of No Return.
Such paths of peril I have trod:
In sun and shade they lay.
And some went wistfully to God,
And some the devil's way.
But there is one I may not shun,
Though long my life's sojourn:
A dawn will break when I must take
The Trail of No Return.
Farewell to friends, good-bye to foes,
Adieu to smile or frown;
My voyaging is nigh its close,
And dark is drifting down.
With weary feet my way I beat,
Yet holy light discern . . .
So let me take without heart-break
The Trail of No Return.
Scheme | ababxcdC efefxcdC xgxgxcdC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 11111 01001101 111111 11111111 1111 11011111 011101 11110111 010111 01110011 010101 11111111 111110 01111111 011101 1111111 011111 111111 011101 11011111 110101 11110111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 807 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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