Analysis of Mary's Son
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
If you stop to find out what your wages will be
And how they will clothe and feed you,
Willie, my son, don't you go on the Sea.
For the Sea will never need you.
If you ask for the reason of every command,
And argue with people about you,
Willie, my son, don't you go on the Land,
For the Land will do better without you.
If you stop to consider the work you have done
And to boast what your labour is worth, dear,
Angels may come for you, Willie, my son,
But you'll never be wanted on Farth, dear!
Scheme | ABAB CBCB DEDE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111111111011 01111011 1011111101 10111011 1111010110001 010110011 1011111101 1011110011 111101001111 011111111 1011111011 1110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 494 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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