Analysis of Ragetty Doll
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Rosemary has of dolls a dozen,
Yet she disdains them all;
While Marie Rose, her pauper cousin
Has just an old rag doll.
But you should see her mother it,
And with her kisses smother it.
A twist of twill, a hank of hair,
Fit for the rubbish bin;
How Rosemary with scorn would stare
At its pathetic grin!
Yet Marie Rose can lover it,
And with her kisses cover it.
Rosemary is a pampered pet;
She sniffs a dainty nose
Of scorn at ragged dolls, and yet
My love's with Marie Rose,
In garret corner shy and sweet,
With rag doll Marguerite.
Though kin they are, a gulf will grow
Between them with the years;
For one a life of love will know,
The other toil and tears:
Perhaps that shabby rag doll knows
The rue of Marie Rose.
Scheme | AXAXBB CDCDBB EFEFGG HXHXFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010 110111 101101010 111111 11110101 01010101 01110111 110101 1101111 110101 10111101 01010101 1010101 110101 11110101 111011 01010101 11101 11110111 011101 11011111 010101 01110111 011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 823 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 7 |
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) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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