Analysis of Ripeness
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
With peace and rest
And wisdom sage,
Ripeness is best
Of every age.
With hands that fold
In pensive prayer,
For grave-yard mold
Prepare.
From fighting free
With fear forgot,
Let ripeness be,
Before the rot.
With heart of cheer
At eighty odd,
How man grows near
To God!
With passion spent
And life nigh run
Let us repent
The ill we've done.
And as we bless
With happy heart
Life's mellowness
--Depart.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 1101 0101 111 11001 1111 0101 1111 01 1101 1101 111 0101 1111 1101 1111 11 1101 0111 1101 0111 0111 1101 11 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 415 |
Words | 75 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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