Analysis of Strip Teaser
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
My precious grand-child, aged two,
Is eager to unlace one shoe,
And then the other;
Her cotton socks she'll deftly doff
Despite the mild reproaches of
Her mother.
Around the house she loves to fare,
And with her rosy tootsies bare,
Pit-pat the floor;
And though remonstrances we make
She presently decides to take
Off something more.
Her pinafore she next unties,
And then before we realise,
Her dress drops down;
Her panties and her brassiere,
Her chemise and her underwear
Are round her strown.
And now she dances all about,
As naked as a new-caught trout,
With impish glee;
And though she's beautiful like that,
(A cherubim, but not so fat),
Quite shocked are we.
And so we dread with dim dismay
Some day she may her charms display
In skimpy wear;
Aye, even in a gee-string she
May frolic on the stage of the
Folies-Bèrgere
But e'er she does, I hope she'll read
This worldly wise and warning screed,
That to conceal,
Unto the ordinary man
Is often more alluring than
To ALL reveal.
Scheme | AABXXB CCDEED FFGBCG HHIJJI KKCIXB XXLMML |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 1101111 01010 01011101 010111 010 01011111 0101011 1101 01111 1100111 1101 01111 010111 0111 010001 0010010 1101 01110101 11010111 1101 01110011 011111 1111 01111101 11110101 0101 11000111 11010110 111 110111111 11010101 1101 1001001 11010101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,078 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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