Analysis of A Bank Fraud
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
He drank strong waters and his speech was coarse;
He purchased raiment and forbore to pay';
He stuck a trusting junior with a horse,
And won gymkhanas in a doubtful way.
Then 'twixt a vice and folly, turned aside
To do good deeds and straight to cloak them, lied.
| Scheme | ABABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain Heroic Sestet |
| Metre | 1111001111 11010111 1101010101 01100101 1101010101 1111011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 266 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 206 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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