Analysis of The Queen of Fairy Land
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
"I have a thousand men," said he,
"To wait upon my will;
And towers nine upon the Tyne,
And three upon the Till."
"And what care I for your men? " said she,
"Or towers from Tyne to Till?
Sith you must go with me," said she,
"To wait upon my will.
And you may lead a thousand men
Nor ever draw the rein,
But before you lead the Fairy Queen
'Twill burst your heart in twain."
He has slipped his foot from the stirrup-bar,
The bridle from his hand,
And he is bound by hand and foot
To the Queen of Fairy Land.
| Scheme | aBxb abaB xcxc xdxd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010111 110111 01010101 010101 011111111 1101111 11111111 110111 01110101 110101 101110101 111101 1111110101 010111 01111101 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 499 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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