Analysis of The End Of The Trail
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Life, you've been mighty good to me,
Yet here's the end of the trail;
No more mountain, moor and sea,
No more saddle and sail.
Waves a-leap in the laughing sun
Call to me as of yore. . . .
Alas! my errant days are done:
I'll rove no more, no more.
Life, you've cheered me all the way;
You've been my bosom friend;
But gayest dog will have his day,
And biggest binge must end.
Shorebound I watch and see afar
A wistful isle grow wan,
While over is a last lone star
Dims out in lilac dawn.
Life, you've been wonderful to me,
But fleetest foot must fail;
The hour must come when all will see
The last lap of the trail.
Yet holding in my heart a hymn
Of praise for gladness gone,
Serene I wait my star to dim
In the glow of the Greater Dawn.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGXGH ABABIHIH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 1101101 1110101 111001 10100101 111111 01110111 111111 1111101 111101 1111111 010111 1110101 010111 11010111 11011 11110011 11111 010111111 011101 11001101 11111 01111111 00110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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