Analysis of Mistinguette
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
He was my one and only love;
My world was mirror for his face.
We were as close as hand and glove,
Until he came with smiling grace
To say: 'We must be wise, my dear.
You are the idol of today,
But I too plan a proud career,--
Let's kiss and go our way.'
And then he soared to sudden fame,
And even queens applauded him.
A halo glorified his name
That dust of time may never dim.
And me,--I toured golden Brazil,
Yet as gay mobs were cheering me,
The sun seemed black, the brilliance chill,
My triumph mockery.
Today if I should say: 'Hello!'
He'd say: 'How are you?' I'd say: 'Fine.'
Yet never shall he see the woe,
The wanness of my frail decline.
I love him now and always will.
Oh may his star be long to set!
My Maurice is an idol still,--
What wreaths for Mistinguette!
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJGXGD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 11110111 10111101 01111101 11111111 11010101 11110101 1101101 01111101 01010101 0101011 11111101 01111001 11110101 01110101 110100 01111101 11111111 11011101 0111101 1111011 11111111 10111101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 760 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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