Analysis of Lucindy Jane
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
When I was young I was too proud
To wheel my daughter in her pram.
"It's infra dig," I said aloud,--
Bot now I'm old, behold I am
Perambulating up and down
Grand-daughter through the town.
And when I come into the Square,
Beside the fountain I will stop;
And as to rest I linger there,
The dames will say: "How do, Grand-pop!
Lucindy Jane with eyes so blue
Looks more and more like you."
And sure it's pleased as Punch I get,
And take Lucindy on my knee;
Aye, at the risk of getting wet,
I blether to the girls a wee:
Then as we have a bottle date
Home we perambulate.
Gosh! That's the joy of all my day;
And as I play the part of nurse:
"She's got your nose," I hear them say.
Thinks I: "Well now, she might have worse."
And how I dream I'll live to see
A great-grandchild upon my knee,
Whom folks say looks like me!
Scheme | ABABCC DEDEFF GHGHXA IJIJHHB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 11110001 11011101 11110111 1101 110101 01110101 01010111 01111101 01111111 111111 110111 01111111 011111 11011101 1110101 11110101 111 11011111 01110111 11111111 11111111 01111111 0110111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 922 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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