Analysis of The Farmer's Daughter
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
The Rector met a little lass
Who led a heifer by a rope.
Said he: "Why don't you go to Mass?
Do you not want to please the Pope?"
The village maiden made reply,
As on the rope she ceased to pull:
"My father said this morning I
Must take Paquerette to see the bull."
The Rector frowned. ";Tis wrong, I wist
To leave your prayer-book on the shelf.
Your father has a stronger wrist;
Why can't he do the job himself?"
Then lovely in her innocence,
With gaze as pure as meadow pool,
The maid spoke in her sire's defense:
"But Daddy, please your Reverence,
Would rather leave it to the bull."
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GXXGD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 11010101 11111111 11111101 01010101 11011111 11011101 1111101 01011111 11111101 11010101 11110101 11000100 1111111 01100101 11011100 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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