Analysis of Willie
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
'Why did the lady in the lift
Slap that poor parson's face?'
Said Mother, thinking as she sniffed,
Of clerical disgrace.
Said Sonny Boy: 'Alas, I know.
My conscience doth accuse me;
The lady stood upon my toe,
Yet did not say--"Excuse me!"
'She hurt--and in that crowd confined
I scarcely could endure it;
So when I pinched her fat behind
She thought--it was the Curate.'
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11010001 11111 11010111 110001 11010111 1101011 01010111 1111011 11001101 1101011 11110101 1111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 398 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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