Analysis of My Cuckoo Clock
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I bought a cuckoo clock
And glad was I
To hear its tick and tock,
Its dulcet cry.
But Jones, whose wife is young
And pretty too,
Winced when that bird gave tongue:
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
I have a lady friend
Whom I would wed,
For dalliance should end
In bridal bed.
Until the thought occurred:
Can she be true?
And then I heard that bird:
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Though ignorance is bliss
And love be blind,
Faithless may be the kiss
Of womankind.
So now sweet echoes mock
My wish to woo:
Confound that cursed clock!
Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Scheme | ababcdcD efefgdgD hxhdadaD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011 0111 111101 1101 111111 0101 111111 11 110101 1111 110011 0101 010101 1111 011111 11 110011 0111 11101 11 111101 1111 01111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 619 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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