The Maid of the Week
By Chris Commodore © 2024
What will life be remembered for?
Perhaps humdrum and chit-chat,
I doubt anything more.
On Sundays I get up and go to church,
And sit and doze upon the lurch.
On Monday, I must go to work.
On Tuesday, I must go to work.
On Wednesday, I must go to work.
On Thursday, I must go to work.
On Friday, I must go to work.
And sometimes on Saturdays,
Sundays as well,
To work I must go at the teasing bell.
On Saturdays must go to town,
Trek all around wearing a frown,
Buy some groceries, pay a bill,
Maid on the run, no time for a meal.
Pick up clean laundry, drop off the soiled;
Out in the hot sun, my blood boiled.
Pause in the shade; watch the sun fade.
More errands, bills paid, groceries made
Now to get home before it’s too late,
Not that there’s reason for leisure or date.
Just in fear of the rain that always brings pain
And the preacher’s a-chirping, it’s Sunday again;
It’s Sunday again; I must go to church,
To sit and doze upon the lurch
What will I be remembered for?
The curfew, the bell, at a quarter past four.
On Monday and Tuesday,
And Wednesday and Thursday,
On Friday and Saturday,
The round-about way.
About this poem
Upon watching a house maid at work, I was moved to ponder my own round-about journey during a given week. There and then that meditation forced me to take a deeper look at life at large ...
Font size:
Submitted by ti.min on February 14, 2024
- 1:16 min read
- 4 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | A AXABB CCCCCXDD EEXXFFGGHH XXBBAAIJIJ |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,160 |
Words | 254 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 8, 10, 10 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"The Maid of the Week" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 10 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/180987/the-maid-of-the-week>.
Discuss the poem The Maid of the Week with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In