Analysis of Take It Easy
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
When I was boxing in the ring
In 'Frisco back in ninety-seven,
I used to make five bucks a fling
To give as good as I was given.
But when I felt too fighting gay,
And tried to be a dinger-donger,
My second, Mike Muldoon. would say:
"Go easy, kid; you'll stay the longer."
When I was on the Yukon trail
The boys would warn, when things were bleakest,
The weakest link's the one to fail -
Said I: "by Gosh! I won't be weakest."
So I would strain with might and main,
Striving to prove I was the stronger,
Till Sourdough Sam would snap: "Goddam!
Go easy, son; you'' last the longer."
So all you lads of eighty odd
Take my advice - you'll never rue it:
Be quite prepared to meet your God,
But don't stampede yourselves to do it.
Just cultivate a sober gait;
Don't emulate the lively conger;
No need to race, slow down the pace,
Go easy, Pals - you'll linger longer.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFXDXDGHGHXDXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110001 010101010 11111101 111111110 11111101 01110101 11010111 110111010 1111011 011111010 01010111 111111110 11111101 101111010 111111 110111010 11111101 110111011 11011111 110101111 1100101 11001010 11111101 110111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 846 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 16 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 322 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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