Analysis of A Small Boy's Desire
Alan L Strang 1908
Written for the first thrift stamp drive.
I want to be a soldier
And march away to France;
I want to find a wicked "Hun,"
And shoot him in the pants.
I want to be a soldier,
And wear a khaki suit;
I want to have a sword and gun
And all the "Boches" shoot.
I want to be a soldier,
And have an aeroplane
To drop bombs on the German towns,
And fly back home again.
I want to be a soldier
And do my little bit;
My country needs brave fighting men,
While here at home I sit.
Some day I'll be a big, big man;
I'll go to war and fight
The wicked Hun, or any one
Who does not do what's right.
But now the only way for me
To help my country win,
Is save my coin and buy thrift stamps,
So, boys, let's save our tin.
Scheme | x Axbx Acbc Abxd Aede xfbf xgxg |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101111 1111010 010111 11110101 011001 1111010 010101 11110101 010101 1111010 0111 11110101 011101 1111010 011101 11011101 111111 11110111 111101 01011101 111111 11010111 111101 11110111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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