Analysis of Distracted Druggist
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
'A shilling's worth of quinine, please,'
The customer demanded.
The druggist went down on his knees
And from a cupboard handed
The waiting man a tiny flask:
'Here, Sir, is what you ask.'
The buyer paid and went away,
The druggist rubbed his glasses,
Then sudden shouted in dismay:
'Of all the silly asses!'
And out into the street he ran
To catch the speeding man.
Cried he: 'That quinine that you bought,
(Since all may errors make),
I find was definitely not,--
I sold you strychnine by mistake.
Two shillings is its price, and so
Another bob you owe.'
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111 0100010 01011111 0101010 01010101 111111 01010101 0101110 11010001 1101010 01010111 110101 1111111 111101 11110001 1111101 11011101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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