Analysis of Old Crony
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I had a friend, a breezy friend
I liked an awful lot;
And in his company no end
Of happiness I got.
We clicked in temper, taste and mood,
We gypsied side by side,--
And then, as no pal ever should,
He upped and died.
A score of years have since gone by,
Yet I bemoan him still;
He used to call me Bob and I
Was wont to call him Bill.
Oh how I wish that he were here,
How we would bravely walk
On heather hills to tavern cheer,
And talk and talk!
If as he always used to do,
He'd just drop in to tea,
To rest awhile and jest awhile,
How chirpy I would be!
Then he would puff his pipe of briar
And I my cigarette,
And we would yarn beside the fire,
And time forget.
Old Pal, come back a little while,
If just to let me say
How much I miss your jolly smile
Now you have gone away.
Ah, when in life's allotted span
We near our journey's end,
What greater treasure is there than
A Golden Friend!
Scheme | ABABXCXC DEDEXFXF XGHGIJIJ HKHKLALA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 111101 00110011 110011 11010101 11111 01111101 1101 01111111 110111 11111101 111111 11111101 111101 11011101 0101 1111111 111011 11010101 110111 111111110 01101 011101010 0101 11110101 111111 11111101 111101 11010101 111011 11010111 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 969 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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