Analysis of The Moral
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
You mustn't groom an Arab with a file.
You hadn't ought to tension-spring a mule.
You couldn't push a brumby fifty mile
And drop him in a boiler-shed to cool.
I'll sling you through six counties in a day.
I'll hike you up a grade of one in ten.
I am Duty, Law and Order under way,
I'm the Mentor of banana-fingered men!
I will make you I know your left hand from your right.
I will teach you not to drink about your biz.
I'm the only temperance advocate in sight!
I am all the Education Act there is!
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1101110101 1101110101 110101101 0110010111 1111110001 1111011101 11101010101 1011010101 111111111111 11111110111 101010010001 1110010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 511 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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