Analysis of Class-Mates
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Bob Briggs went in for Government,
And helps to run the State;
Some day they say he'll represent
His party in debate:
But with punk politics his job,
I do not envy Bob.
Jim Jones went in for writing books,
Best sellers were his aim;
He's ten years younger than he looks,
And licks the heels of Fame:
Though shop-girls make a fuss of him
I do not envy Jim.
Joe Giles went in for grabbing gold,
And grovelled in the dirt;
He, too, looks prematurely old,
His gastric ulcers hurt:
Although he has a heap of dough.
I do not envy Joe.
I've neither fame nor power nor wealth,
I fish and hunt for food;
But I have heaps of rugged health,
And life seems mighty good.
So when my class-mates come to spend
A week-end in my shack,
With lake and wood at journey's end
--They envy Jack.
Scheme | XAXABB CDCDEE FGFGHH IXIXJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101100 011101 1111101 110001 1111011 111101 11101101 110011 11110111 010111 11110111 111101 11101101 01001 1110101 110101 1110111 111101 110111011 110111 11111101 011101 11111111 011011 1101111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 839 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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