Fastness
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Tennison
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.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBA CDDC EFFE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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