Analysis of Secretary
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
My Master is a man of might
With manners like a hog;
He makes me slave from morn to night
And treats me like a dog.
He thinks there's nothing on this earth
His money cannot buy,
And claims to get full wages worth
From hirelings such as I.
But does he? Though a Man of State,
And fabulously rich,
He little guesses that his mate
Is just a bonny bitch.
For he is grey and gross and fat,
While I am tall and slim,
And when he's gone it happens that
I take the place of him.
Oh God! The beauty of the blow
When I will blast his life;
When I will laugh and let him know
My mistress is his wife.
Today a doormat for his feet,
He loves to see me squirm . . .
Tomorrow,--how revenge is sweet!
The turning of the worm.
Scheme | AXAXBCBC DEDEFGFG HIHIJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 110101 11111111 011101 11110111 110101 01111101 11111 11110111 010001 11010111 110101 11110101 111101 01111101 110111 11010101 111111 11110111 110111 0101111 111111 0110111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 754 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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