Analysis of Jane
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
My daughter Jane makes dresses
For beautiful Princesses;
But though she's plain is Jane,
Of needlework she's vain,
And makes such pretty things
For relatives of Kings.
She reads the picture papers
Where Royalties cut capers,
And often says to me:
'How wealthy they must be,
That nearly every day
A new robe they can pay.'
Says I: 'If your Princesses
Could fabric pretty dresses,
Though from a throne they stem
I would think more of them.
Peeress and shopgirl are
To my mind on a par.'
Says Jane: 'But for their backing
I might be sewing sacking.
Instead, I work with joy
In exquisite employ,
Embroidering rich dresses
For elegant Princesses . . .
Damn social upsetters
Who criticise their betters!'
Scheme | ABCCDD EEFFGG BAHHII JJKKABAE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101110 1100100 111111 11011 011101 110011 1101010 1100110 010111 110111 1101001 011111 1111100 1101010 110111 111111 1011 111101 1111110 1111010 011111 010001 0100110 1100100 1101 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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