Analysis of Fastness
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
This is the end whereto men toiled
Before thy coachman guessed his fate,--
How thou shouldst leave thy, 'scutcheoned gate
On that new wheel which is the oiled--
To see the England Shakespeare saw
(Oh, Earth, 'tis long since Shallow died!
Yet by yon farrowed sow may hide
Some blue deep minion of the Law)--
To range from Ashby-de-la-Zouch
By Lyonnesse to Locksley Hall,
Or haply, nearer home, appal
Thy father's sister's staid barouche.
| Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101111 01110111 1111111 11111101 1101011 11111101 1111111 11110101 11110111 11111 111011 1101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 442 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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