Analysis of I'M far too young for saga
I’M FAR TOO YOUNG FOR S.A.G.A.
I’m far too young for SAGA
I’m nearly eighty-two
Still full of youthful vigour
And that, my friends, won’t do.
It’s better if you’re doddery
Then SAGA comes to life
And sends a representative
To help you find your wife.
I’m far too young for SAGA
I don’t walk with a cane
And drinking tea with wrinklies
Would drive me quite insane.
But, if I would be truthful
The food is really fine
And the aged person’s appetite
Is twice as good as mine.
I’m far too young for SAGA
I don’t wish to be rude
But some of the poor old buggers
Only live for food.
They enjoy a hearty breakfast
Then coffee, cakes and brunch
And stay and chat a little while
Until it’s time for lunch.
I’m far too young for SAGA
For on a recent cruise
Almost all my fellow travellers
Enjoyed an hourly snooze.
You are making conversation
And if you pause to cough
The geezer you’ve been talking to
Has suddenly dropped off.
I’m far too young for SAGA
They sit round drinking wine
And listen to a pianist
Until it’s half past nine.
Then all goes deathly quiet
So take heed Mr Smith
That, Sex And Games for Ancients
Is just a bloody myth.
Alan Parry-Booth 15.7.13
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 1111110 110101 111101 011111 110111 110111 0100100 111111 1111110 111101 010111 111101 1111110 011101 0011010 111111 1111110 111111 11101110 10111 10101010 110101 01010101 011111 1111110 110101 11110100 011101 1110010 011111 0111101 110011 1111110 111101 01010010 011111 1111010 111101 1101110 110101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,150 |
Words | 225 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 1 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on November 28, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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