Analysis of Poor Poet
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
'A man should write to please himself,'
He proudly said.
Well, see his poems on the shelf,
Dusty, unread.
When he came to my shop each day,
So peaked and cold,
I'd sneak one of his books away
And say 'twas sold.
And then by chance he looked below,
And saw a stack
Of his own work,--speechless with woe
He came not back.
I hate to think he took to drink,
And passed away;
I have not heard of him a word
Unto this day.
A man must write to please himself,
Of all it's true;
But happy they who spurning pelf--
Please people too.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF XCXC AGAG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01111101 1101 11110101 1001 11111111 1101 11111101 0111 01111101 0101 11111011 1111 11111111 0101 11111101 1011 01111101 1111 11011101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 613 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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