Analysis of Relax
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Do you recall that happy bike
With bundles on our backs?
How near to heaven it was like
To blissfully relax!
In cosy tavern of good cheer
To doff our heavy packs,
And with a mug of foamy beer
Relax.
Learn to relax: to clean the mind
Of fear and doubt and care,
And in vacuity to find
The perfect peace that's there.
With lassitude of heart and hand,
When every sinew slacks,
How good to rest the old bean and
Relax, relax.
Just sink back in an easy chair
For forty winks or so,
And fold your hands as if in prayer,
--That helps a lot, you know.
Forget that you are you awhile,
And pliable as wax,
Just beatifically smile . . .
Relax, relax, relax.
Scheme | ABABCBCB DEDEXBXB EFEFGBGB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1101101 11110111 110001 01010111 1110101 01011101 01 11011101 110101 00111 001111 111101 110011 11110110 0101 11101101 110111 01111101 110111 01111101 010011 111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 707 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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