Analysis of Bill 'Awkins
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
"'As anybody seen Bill 'Awkins?"
"Now 'ow in the devil would I know?"
"'E's taken my girl out walkin',
An' I've got to tell 'im so --
Gawd -- bless -- 'im!
I've got to tell 'im so."
"D'yer know what 'e's like, Bill 'Awkins?"
"Now what in the devil would I care?"
"'E's the livin', breathin' image of an organ-grinder's monkey,
With a pound of grease in 'is 'air --
Gawd -- bless -- 'im!
An' a pound o' grease in 'is 'air."
"An' s'pose you met Bill 'Awkins,
Now what in the devil 'ud ye do?"
"I'd open 'is cheek to 'is chin-strap buckle,
An' bung up 'is both eyes, too --
Gawd -- bless -- 'im!
An' bung up 'is both eyes, too!"
"Look 'ere, where 'e comes, Bill 'Awkins!
Now what in the devil will you say?"
"It isn't fit an' proper to be fightin' on a Sunday,
So I'll pass 'im the time o' day --
Gawd -- bless -- 'im!
I'll pass 'im the time o' day!"
Scheme | abbaCa adxdCd aexECE aaffCf |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11000111 110010111 1101111 1111111 111 111111 11111111 110010111 1011101110110 10111011 111 10111011 1111111 110010111 11011111110 1111111 111 1111111 1111111 110010111 1101110111101 11110111 111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 914 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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