Analysis of Rover's Rest
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
By parents I would not be pinned,
Nor in my home abide,
For I was wanton as the wind
And tameless as the tide;
So scornful of domestic hearth,
And bordered garden path,
I sought the wilder ways of earth,
The roads of wrath.
It scares me now to think of how
Foolhardily I fared;
Though mighty scarred of pelt and pow
A dozen deaths I've dared;
Yet there are trails I would explore,
And wilds that for me wait . . .
Alas! I'll wander nevermore,--
The hour's too late.
The folks are at my picture show,
I smoke my pipe and sigh.
Soft-slippered by the ember's glow
A baby-sitter I.
Behold! In dressing-gown of mauve,
To comfort reconciled,
A rover rocks the cradle of
His new grand-child.
Scheme | XAXAXBXB CDCDEFEF GHGHXIXI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 101101 11110101 01101 11010101 010101 11010111 0111 11111111 111 11011101 010111 11111101 011111 0111010 01011 01111101 111101 111011 010101 01010111 11010 01010101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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