Analysis of Abandoned Dog
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
They dumped it on the lonely road,
Then like a streak they sped;
And as along the way I strode
I thought that it was dead:
And then I saw that yelping pup
Rise, race to catch them up.
You know how silly wee dogs are.
It thought they were in fun.
Trying to overtake their car
I saw it run and run:
But as they faster, faster went,
It stumbled, sore and spent.
I found it prone upon the way;
Of life was little token.
As limply in the dust it lay
I thought its heart was broken:
Then one dim eye it opened and
It sought to like my hand.
Of course I took it gently up
And brought it to my wife
Who loves all dogs, and now that pup
Shares in our happy life:
Yet how I curse the bastards who
Its good luck never knew!
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GEGEXX CHCHII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 110111 01010111 111111 01111101 111111 11110111 111001 1011011 111101 11110101 110101 11110101 1111010 1100111 1111110 11111100 111111 11111101 011111 11110111 1010101 11110101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 788 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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