Analysis of Escape
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Tell me, Tramp, where I may go
To be free from human woe;
Say where I may hope to find
Ease of heart and peace of mind;
Is thee not some isle you know
Where I may leave Care behind?
So spoke one is sore distress,
And I answered softly: "Yes,
There's an isle so sweet and kind
So to clemency inclined,
So serene in loveliness
That the blind may lead the blind.
"Where there is no shade of fear,
For the sun shines all the year,
And there hangs on every tree
Fruit and food for you an me:
With each dawn so crystal clear
How like heaven earth can be!
"Where in mild and friendly clime
You will lose all count of time,
See the seasons blend in one,
Under sovereignty of sun;
Day with day resolve in rhyme,
Reveries and nothing done.
"You will mock the ocean roar,
Knowing you will evermore
Bide beside a lorn lagoon,
Listen to the ripples croon
On the muteness of the shore,
Silver-shattered in the moon.
"Come, let's quit this sorry strife,
Seek a sweeter, saner life,
Go so far, so very far
It just seems another star.
Go where joy and love are rife,
Go where peace and plenty are."
But he answered: "Brother, no,
To your isle I'll never go,
For the pity in my heart
Will not let me live apart
From God's world of want and woe:
I will stay and play my part,
Strive and suffer . . . Be it so."
Scheme | AABBAB CCBBCB DDEEDE FFGGFG HHIIHI JJKKJK AALLALA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 1111101 1111111 1110111 1111111 1111101 1111101 0110101 1111101 1110001 10101 1011101 1111111 1011101 01111001 1011111 1111101 1110111 1010101 1111111 1010101 1010011 1110101 1000101 1110101 101110 1010101 1010101 101101 1010001 1111101 1010101 1111101 1110101 1110111 1110101 1110101 1111101 1010011 1111101 1111101 1110111 1010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,257 |
Words | 257 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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