Analysis of To T. A.

Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)



I have made for you a song,
         And it may be right or wrong,
     But only you can tell me if it's true;
         I have tried for to explain
         Both your pleasure and your pain,
     And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!

O there'll surely come a day
         When they'll give you all your pay,
     And treat you as a Christian ought to do;
         So, until that day comes round,
         Heaven keep you safe and sound,
     And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!


Scheme aabccB ddbeeB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 0111111 1101111111 1111101 1110011 0101110111 11010101 1111111 0111010111 1011111 1011101 0101110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 500
Words 87
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 158
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. more…

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