Analysis of Pig
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Go, stalk the red deer o'er the heather,
Ride, follow the fox if you can!
But, for pleasure and profit together,
Allow me the hunting of Man--
The chase of the Human, the search for the Soul
To its ruin--the hunting of Man.
| Scheme | ABABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110010 11001111 1110010010 01101011 01101001101 111001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 31, 2023
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