Analysis of The Love Song of Har Dyal

Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)



Alone upon the housetops to the North
I turn and watch the lightnings in the sky--
The glamour of thy footsteps in the North.
Come back to me, Beloved, or I die.

Below my feet the still bazar is laid--
Far, far below the weary camels lie--
The camels and the captives of thy raid.
Come back to me, Beloved, or I die!

My father's wife is old and harsh with years,
And drudge of all my father's house am I--
My bread is sorrow and my drink is tears.
Come back to me, Beloved, or I die!


Scheme abaB cbcB xbxB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 010101101 1101010001 010111001 111101111 0111010111 1101010101 0100010111 111101111 1101110111 0111110111 1111001111 111101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 480
Words 100
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 25, 2023

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. more…

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