Analysis of Spanish Men
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
The Men of Seville are, they say,
The laziest of Spain.
Consummate artists in delay,
Allergical to strain;
Fr if you have a job for them,
And beg them to be spry,
They only look at you with phlegm:
"Mañana," they reply.
The Men of gay Madrid, I'm told,
Siesta's law revere;
The custom is so ages old,
And to tradition dear;
So if you want a job done soon,
And shyly ask them: "When?"
They say: "Come back this afternoon:
We'll hope to do it them."
The Men of Barcelona are
Such mostly little caps,
That when you see them from afar
They make you think of Japs;
Yet they can take life on the run,
Quite peppy, I'll allow,
For when there's something to be done,
They shout: "We'll do it NOW."
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGXGC HIHIJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101111 010011 10010001 111 11110111 011111 11011111 110101 01110111 1101 01011101 010101 11110111 010111 1111101 111111 0110101 110101 11111101 111111 11111101 110101 11110111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 675 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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