Analysis of Rosy-Kins
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
As home from church we two did plod,
"Grandpa," said Rosy, "What is God?"
Seeking an answer to her mind,
This is the best that I could find. . . .
God is the Iz-ness of our Cosmic Biz;
The high, the low, the near, the far,
The atom and the evening star;
The lark, the shark, the cloud, the clod,
The whole darned Universe - that's God.
Some deem that others there be,
And to them humbly bend the knee;
To Mumbo Jumbo and to Joss,
To Bud and Allah - but the Boss
Is mine . . . While there are suns and seas
MY timeless God shall dwell in these.
In every glowing leaf He lives;
When roses die His life he gives;
God is not outside and apart
From Nature, but her very heart;
No Architect (as I of verse)
He is Himself the Universe.
Said Rosy-kins: "Grandpa, how odd
Is your imagining of God.
To me he's always just appeared
A huge Grandfather with a beard.
Scheme | AABB XCCAA DDXXEE FFGGHH AAII |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 1110111 10110101 11011111 11011110101 01010101 01000101 01010101 0111011 1111011 01110101 11010011 11010101 11111101 11011101 010010111 11011111 11111001 11010101 1101111 1101010 1101111 11010011 1111101 0110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 837 |
Words | 169 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 6, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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