Analysis of The Stranger
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
The Stranger within my gate,
He may be true or kind,
But he does not talk my talk--
I cannot feel his mind.
I see the face and the eyes and the mouth,
But not the soul behind.
The men of my own stock,
They may do ill or well,
But they tell the lies I am wanted to,
They are used to the lies I tell;
And we do not need interpreters
When we go to buy or sell.
The Stranger within my gates,
He may be evil or good,
But I cannot tell what powers control--
What reasons sway his mood;
Nor when the Gods of his far-off land
Shall repossess his blood.
The men of my own stock,
Bitter bad they may be,
But, at least, they hear the things I hear,
And see the things I see;
And whatever I think of them and their likes
They think of the likes of me.
This was my father's belief
And this is also mine:
Let the corn be all one sheaf--
And the grapes be all one vine,
Ere our children's teeth are set on edge
By bitter bread and wine.
Scheme | xaxaxa Bcxcxc xxxxxx Bdxdxd efefxf |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 0100111 111111 1111111 110111 1101001001 110101 011111 111111 1110111101 11110111 011110100 1111111 0100111 1111011 1110111001 110111 110111111 10111 011111 101111 111110111 010111 0101111011 1110111 1111001 011101 1011111 0011111 1101011111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 939 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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