Analysis of The Two-Sided Man
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Much I owe to the Lands that grew--
More to the Lives that fed--
But most to Allah Who gave me two
Separate sides to my head.
Much I reflect on the Good and the True
In the Faiths beneath the sun,
But most to Allah Who gave me two
Sides to my head, not one.
Wesley's following, Calvin's flock,
White or yellow or bronze,
Shaman, Ju-ju or Angekok,
Minister, Mukamuk, Bonze--
Here is a health, my brothers, to you,
However your prayers are said,
And praised be Allah Who gave me two
Separate sides to my head!
I would go without shirt or shoe,
Friend, tobacco or bread,
Sooner than lose for a minute the two
Separate sides of my head!
Scheme | abAB acAc dede abaB abab |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11110111 110111 111101111 101111 1101101001 0010101 111101111 111111 1100101 111011 101111 10011 110111011 101111 011101111 101111 11101111 10111 1011101001 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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