Analysis of A Bachelor
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
'Why keep a cow when I can buy,'
Said he, 'the milk I need,'
I wanted to spit in his eye
Of selfishness and greed;
But did not, for the reason he
Was stronger than I be.
I told him: ''Tis our human fate,
For better or for worse,
That man and maid should love and mate,
And little children nurse.
Of course, if you are less than man
You can't do what we can.
'So many loving maids would wed,
And wondrous mothers be.'
'I'll buy the love I want,' he said,
'No squally brats for me.'
. . . I hope the devil stoketh well
For him a special hell.
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GCGCHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 110111 11011011 110001 11110101 110111 111110101 110111 11011101 010101 11111111 111111 11010111 010101 11011111 11111 1101011 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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