Analysis of Neighbours
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
My neighbour has a field of wheat
And I a rood of vine;
And he will give me bread to eat,
And I will give him wine.
And so we are a jolly pair,
Contentedly unwed,
Singing with supper as we share
Red wine and crusty bread.
Now venison is mighty meat
And so is trout and hare;
A mallard duck is sweat to eat
And quail is dainty fare.
But such are foods for festal day,
And we will not repine
While on the table we can lay
Crisp bread and rosy wine.
A will to till one's own of soil
Is worth a kingly crown,
With bread to feed the belly need,
And wine to wash it down.
So with my neighbour I rejoice
That we are fit and free,
Content to praise with lusty voice
Bread, Wine and Liberty.
Scheme | ABABCDCD ACACEBEB XFXFGHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 010111 01111111 011111 01110101 010001 10110111 110101 11001101 011101 01011111 011101 1111111 01111 11010111 110101 01111111 110101 11110101 011111 1111101 111101 10111101 110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 810 |
Words | 144 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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