Analysis of Erico
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Oh darling Eric, why did you
For my fond affection sue,
And then with surgeons artful aid
Transform yourself into a maid?
So now in petticoats you go
And people call you Erico.
Sometimes I wonder if they can
Change me in turn into a man;
Then after all we might get wed
And frolic on a feather bed:
Although I do not see how we
Could ever have a family.
Oh dear! Oh dear! It's so complex.
Why must they meddle with our sex.
My Eric was a handsome 'he,'
But now he--oh excuse me--she
Informs me that I must forget
I was his blond Elizabet.
Alas! These scientists of Sweden
I curse, who've robbed me of my Eden;
Who with their weird hormones inhuman
Can make a man into a woman.
Alas, poor Eric! . . . Erico
I wish you were in Jerico.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEEFF GGFFXB HHHHCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 1110101 01110101 01010101 1101011 010111 01110111 11010101 11011111 01010101 1111111 11010100 11111110 111101101 11010101 11110111 01111101 11111 011100110 110111110 11111010 110101010 011101 111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 717 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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