Analysis of Sailor Son
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
When you come home I'll not be round
To welcome you.
They'll take you to a grassy mound
So neat and new;
Where I'll be sleeping--O so sound!
The ages through.
I'll not be round to broom the hearth,
To feed the chicks;
And in the wee room of your birth
Your bed to fix;
Rose room that knew your baby mirth
Your tiny tricks.
I'll not be round . . . The garden still
With bees will hum;
To cheerful you the throstle's bill
Will not be dumb;
The rambler rose will overspill
When you will come.
Bird, bee and bloom, they'll greet you all
With scented sound;
Yet though the joy of your footfall
Will thrill the ground
Your mother with her old grey shawl--
Will not be round.
Scheme | ABABAB XCDCDC EFEFEF GAGAGA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 1101 11110101 1101 11110111 0101 11111101 1101 00011111 1111 11111101 1101 11110101 1111 1101011 1111 010111 1111 11011111 1101 1101111 1101 11010111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 130 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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