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!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X AABX XBBAAA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 502
Words 91
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 6

Rudyard Kipling

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