Analysis of Amateur Poet
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
You see that sheaf of slender books
Upon the topmost shelf,
At which no browser ever looks,
Because they're by . . . myself;
They're neatly bound in navy blue,
But no one ever heeds;
Their print is clear and candid too,
Yet no one ever reads.
Poor wistful books! How much they cost
To me in time and gold!
I count them now as labour lost,
For none I ever sold;
No copy could I give away,
For all my friends would shrink,
And look at me as if to say:
"What waste of printer's ink!"
And as I gaze at them on high,
Although my eyes are sad,
I cannot help but breathe a sigh
To think what joy I had -
What ecstasy as I would seek
To make my rhyme come right,
And find at last the phrase unique
Flash fulgent in my sight.
Maybe that rapture was my gain
Far more than cheap success;
So I'll forget my striving vain,
And blot out bitterness.
Oh records of my radiant youth,
No broken heart I'll rue,
For all my best of love and truth
Is there, alive in you.
Scheme | ABABCDCD XEXEFGFG HIHIJKJK LXLXMCMC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 01011 11110101 01111 11010101 111101 11110101 111101 11011111 110101 1111111 111101 11011101 111111 01111111 111101 01111111 11111 11011101 111111 11001111 111111 01110101 11011 10110111 111101 11011101 011100 101111001 110111 11111101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 927 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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