Analysis of Fore-Warning
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I'd rather be the Jester than the Minstrel of the King;
I'd rather jangle cap and bells than twang the stately harp;
I'd rather make his royal ribs with belly-laughter ring,
Than see him sitting in the suds and sulky as a carp.
I'd rather be the Court buffoon than its most high-browed sage:
So you who read, take head, take heed, -
Ere yet you turn my page.
Scheme | ABABCDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101010101 11010101110101 11011101110101 1111000101101 11010101111111 11111111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 376 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 7 |
Lines Amount | 7 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 274 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 69 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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