Analysis of Titine
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Although I have a car of class,
A limousine,
I also have a jenny ass
I call Titine.
And if I had in sober sense
To choose between,
I know I'd give the preference
To sleek Titine.
My chauffeur drives my Cadillac
In uniform.
I wear a worn coat on my back
That he would scorn.
He speeds with umpty equine power,
Like an express;
I amble at eight miles an hour,
Or even less.
My wife can use our fancy bus
To cut a dash;
She very definitely does,
And blows my cash.
But this old codger seeks the sane
And simple scene;
Content to jog along a lane
With old Titine.
So as in country ways I go
Wife loves the town;
But though I'm slow, serene I know
I won't break down.
With brawn and bone I reckon mine
The best machine:
Old folks and donkeys best combine,
--"Giddup, Titine!"
Scheme | ABABXBXB CXCXDEDE XFXFGBGB HIHIJBJB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 010 11010101 111 01110101 1101 11110100 111 1011110 010 11011111 1111 1111110 1101 110111110 1101 111110101 1101 11010001 0111 1111101 0101 10110101 111 11010111 1101 11110111 1111 11011101 0101 11010110 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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