Analysis of Toomai of the Elephants
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
I will remember what I was. I am sick of rope and chain--
I will remember my old strength and all my forest-affairs.
I will not sell my back to man for a bundle of sugarcane.
I will go out to my own kind, and the wood-folk in their lairs.
I will go out until the day, until the morning break,
Out to the winds 'untainted kiss, the waters' clean caress.
I will forget my ankle-ring and snap my picket-stake.
I will revisit my lost loves, and playmates masterless!
| Scheme | ABAB CXCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110101111111101 110101110111001 111111111010110 111111110011011 11110101010101 11010101010101 11011101011101 11010111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 463 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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