Analysis of Cupid's Arrows
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Pit where the buffalo cooled his hide,
By the hot sun emptied, and blistered and dried;
Log in the plume-grass, hidden and lone;
Bund where the earth-rat's mounds are strown;
Cave in the bank where the sly stream steals;
Aloe that stabs at the belly and heels,
Jump if you dare on a steed untried--
Safer it is to go wide-go wide!
Hark, from in front where the best men ride;--
"Pull to the off, boys! Wide! Go wide!"
| Scheme | AABBCCAAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11010111 10111001001 100111001 11011111 100110111 111101001 111110101 101111111 110110111 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 416 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 314 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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