Analysis of The Biologic Urge
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Confound all aberrations which
Make men do foolish things,
Like buying bracelets for a bitch,
Or witless wedding rings.
As if we had not woe enough
Our simple souls to vex,
Without that brand of trouble stuff
We label Sex.
Has science not the means produced
For human propagation,
By artificially induced
Insemination?
Then every man might be a priest,
And every maid a nun . . .
Oh well, as chaste as they at least,--
But nix on fun.
Just think how we would grow in grace
If lust we could exclude;
Then innocence might take its place,
--Well, in a sense it could.
How we would be forever free
From passions that perplex!
What peace on earth if only we
Could outlaw Sex!
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGFGF HXHXIDID |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110101 111101 11010101 110101 11111101 1010111 01111101 1101 11010101 110010 1010001 0010 110011101 0100101 11111111 1111 11111101 111101 11001111 100111 11110101 110101 11111101 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 805 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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