Analysis of To Frank Dodd
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Since four decades you've been to me
Both Guide and Friend,
I fondly hope you'll always be,
Right to the end;
And though my rhymes you rarely scan
(Oh, small the blame!)
I joy that on this Page I can
Inscribe your name.
Scheme | ABABCDCD |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 11011111 1101 1101111 1101 01111101 1101 11111111 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 293 |
Words | 46 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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