Analysis of Have A Nice day

Spike Milligan 1918 (Ahmednagar, India) – 2002 (Rye, United Kingdom)



'Help, help, ' said a man. 'I'm drowning.'
'Hang on, ' said a man from the shore.
'Help, help, ' said the man. 'I'm not clowning.'
'Yes, I know, I heard you before.
Be patient dear man who is drowning,
You, see I've got a disease.
I'm waiting for a Doctor J. Browning.
So do be patient please.'
'How long, ' said the man who was drowning. 'Will it take for the Doc to arrive? '
'Not very long, ' said the man with the disease. 'Till then try staying alive.'
'Very well, ' said the man who was drowning. 'I'll try and stay afloat.
By reciting the poems of Browning
And other things he wrote.'
'Help, help, ' said the man with the disease, 'I suddenly feel quite ill.'
'Keep calm.' said the man who was drowning, ' Breathe deeply and lie quite still.'
'Oh dear, ' said the man with the awful disease. 'I think I'm going to die.'
'Farewell, ' said the man who was drowning.
Said the man with the disease, 'goodbye.'
So the man who was drowning, drownded
And the man with the disease past away.
But apart from that,
And a fire in my flat,
It's been a very nice day.


Scheme ABABACACDDEAEFFGAGEHIIH
Poetic Form
Metre 11101110 11101101 111011110 11111101 110111110 1111001 1101010110 111101 111011110111101101 110110110011111001 1011011110110101 1010010110 010111 1110110011100111 1110111101100111 111011010011111011 11011110 10110011 10111101 0011001101 10111 0010011 1101011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,061
Words 227
Sentences 26
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 760
Words per stanza (avg) 207
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Submitted by JokerGem on April 02, 2023

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Spike Milligan

Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan KBE, better known as Spike Milligan, was born in British India. His talent for comedy was evident from an early age, and he found fame as a member of the Goons, along with Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine. He wrote many books, including volumes of comic verse. He was also a passionate campaigner for animal rights and the environment. more…

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