Analysis of To R. K.

James Kenneth Stephen 1859 (London) – 1892



As long I dwell on some stupendous
   And tremendous (Heaven defend us!)
   Monstr'-inform'-ingens-horrendous
   Demoniaco-seraphic
   Penman's latest piece of graphic.
                 BROWNING.
   Will there never come a season
   Which shall rid us from the curse
   Of a prose which knows no reason
   And an unmelodious verse:
   When the world shall cease to wonder
   At the genius of an Ass,
   And a boy's eccentric blunder
   Shall not bring success to pass:
   When mankind shall be delivered
  From the clash of magazines,
  And the inkstand shall be shivered
  Into countless smithereens:
  When there stands a muzzled stripling,
  Mute, beside a muzzled bore:
  When the Rudyards cease from kipling
  And the Haggards Ride no more.


Scheme AAABBBCDCDEFEFGHGHBIBI
Poetic Form
Metre 111111010 001010011 11110 11 1101110 10 11101010 1111101 10111110 0111 10111110 1010111 00101010 1110111 11111010 101110 0011110 011001 11101010 1010101 1011110 001111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 733
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 544
Words per stanza (avg) 110
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Kenneth Stephen

James Kenneth Stephen was an English poet, and tutor to Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. more…

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