Analysis of The Wistful One
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I sought the trails of South and North,
I wandered East and West;
But pride and passion drove me forth
And would not let me rest.
And still I seek, as still I roam,
A snug roof overhead;
Four walls, my own; a quiet home. . . .
"You'll have it -- when you're dead."
Scheme | ABABCDCD |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 11011101 110101 11010111 011111 01111111 011101 11110101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 265 |
Words | 55 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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