Analysis of Cows
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
I love to watch my seven cows
In meads of buttercups abrowse,
With guilded knees;
But even more I love to see
Them chew the cud so tranquilly
In twilight ease.
Each is the image of content
From fragrant hours in clover spent,
'Mid leaf and bud;
As up and down without a pause
Mechanically move their jaws
To chew the cud.
Friend, there's a hope for me and you:
Let us resolve to chew and chew
With molars strong;
The man who learns to masticate
With patience may control his fate,
His life prolong.
In salivation is salvation:
So if some silly little nation
Should bathe in blood,
Let's take a lesson from the cow,
And learn in life's long gloaming how
To chew the cud.
Scheme | aabxxb ccdeeC ffgcxg hhdiiC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 011101 111 11011111 110111 011 11010110 110100101 1101 11010101 0100111 1101 11011101 11011101 111 011111 11010111 1101 011010 111101010 1101 11010101 01011101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 734 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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