Analysis of God's Vagabond
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
A passion to be free
Has ever mastered me;
To none beneath the sun
Will I bow down,--not one
Shall leash my liberty.
My life's my own; I rise
With glory in my eyes;
And my concept of hell
Is to be forced to sell
Myself to one who buys.
With heart of rebel I
Man's government defy;
With hate of bondage born
Monarch and mob I scorn:
My King the Lord on high.
God's majesty I know;
And worship in the glow
Of beauty that I see,
Of love embracing me;
My heaven to be free:
May it be ever so.
Scheme | AABBA CCDDC EEFFE GGAAAG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111 110101 110101 111111 111100 111111 110011 011011 111111 11111 111101 110001 111101 10111 110111 110011 010001 110111 110101 110111 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 476 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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