Analysis of The Progress of the Spark
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
XVIth Circuit -- Donne
This spark now set, retarded, yet forbears
To hold her light however so he swears
That turns a metalled crank, and leather cloked,
With some small hammers tappeth hither an yon;
Peering as when she showeth and when is gone;
For wait he must till the vext Power's evoked
That's one with the lightnings. Wait in the showers soaked;
Or by the road-side sunned. She'll not progress.
Poor soul, here taught how great things may by less
Be stayed, to file contacts doth himself address!
Scheme | X AABX XBBAAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 111101011 110110111 110110101 1111011011 1011110111 11111011001 111010100101 110111111 1111111111 111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 502 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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