Analysis of The Great Recall
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I've wearied of so many things
Adored in youthful days;
Music no more my spirit wings,
E'en when Master play.
For stage and screen I have no heart,
Great paintings leave me cold;
Alas! I've lost the love of Art
That raptured me of old.
Only my love of books is left,
Yet that begins to pall;
And if of it I am bereft,
I'll read no more at all.
Then when I am too frail to walk
I'll sit out in the sun,
And there with Nature I will talk . . .
Last friend and dearest one.
For Nature's all in all to me;
My other loves are vain;
Her bosom brought me forth and she
Will take me back again.
So I will let her have her way,
For I've a feeling odd,
Whatever wiser men may say,
That she herself is GOD.
Scheme | AXABCDCD EXEXFGFG HXHXBIBI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 010101 10111101 111101 11011111 110111 01110111 11111 10111111 110111 01111101 111111 11111111 111001 01110111 110101 11010111 110111 01011101 111101 11110101 110101 1010111 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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