Analysis of Rich Poor Man
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
We pitied him because
He lived alone;
His tiny cottage was
His only own.
His little garden had
A wall around;
Yet never was so glad
A bit of ground.
It seemed to fair rejoice
With flowers and fruit;
With blooms it found a voice
When ours was muts.
It smiled without a pause
In gracious glow:
I think it was because
He loved it so.
He had no news to read,
No rent to pay;
His vegetable need
He plucked each day.
His grateful garden gave
Him ample fare;
He lived without a crave,
Without a care.
His bread and milk and tea
Were all he bought;
To us he seemed to be
A sorry lot . . .
But when we're dead and gone,
With all our fuss,
I guess he'll carry on,
And laugh at us.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 1101 110101 1101 110101 0101 110111 0111 111101 11001 111101 11011 110101 0101 111101 1111 111111 1111 11001 1111 110101 1101 110101 0101 110101 0111 111111 0101 111101 11101 111101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 647 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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