Analysis of Breakfast
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Of all the meals that glad my day
My morning one's the best;
Purveyed me on a silver tray,
Immaculately dressed.
I rouse me when the dawn is bright;
I leap into the sea,
Returning with a rare delight
To honey, toast and tea.
My appetite was razor edged
When I was in my prime;
To eggs and bacon I was pledged . . .
Ala! the March of Time;
For now a genial old gent
With journal on my knee,
I sip and take with vast content
My honey, toast and tea.
So set me up for my delight
The harvest of the bee;
Brown, crispy toast with butter bright,
Ceylon - two cups or three.
Let others lunch or dinner praise,
But I regale with glee,
As I regard with grateful gaze
Just honey, toast and tea.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGDGD CDCDHDHD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 110101 01110101 010001 11110111 110101 01010101 110101 1101101 111011 11010111 100111 1101011 110111 11011110 110101 11111101 010101 11011101 011111 11011101 11111 11011101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 669 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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