Analysis of Slugging Saint
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
'Twas in a pub in Battersea
They call the "Rose and Crown,"
Quite suddenly, it seemed to me,
The Lord was looking down;
The Lord was looking from above,
And shiny was His face,
And I was filled with gush of love
For all the human race.
Anon I saw three ancient men
Who reckoned not of bliss,
And they looked quite astonished when
I gave them each a kiss.
I kissed each on his balding spot
With heart of Heaven grace . . .
And then it seemed there was a lot
Of trouble round the place.
They had me up before the beak,
But though I told my tale,
He sentanced me to spend a week
In Yard of Scotland Gaol.
So when they kindly set me free
Please don't think it amiss,
If Battling Bill of Battersea,
For love of all humanity
Gives you a kiss.
Scheme | ABCBDADA EAEAFAFA GHGHCAACA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100101 110101 11001111 011101 01110101 010111 01111111 110101 1111101 110111 01110101 111101 11111101 111101 01111101 110101 11110101 111111 1111101 011101 11110111 111101 1100111 11110100 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 813 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 9 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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