Analysis of The Dying Chauffeur
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Wheel me gently to the garage, since my car and I must part--
No more for me the records and the run.
That cursed left-hand cylinder the doctors call my heart
Is pinking past redemption -- I am done!
They'll never strike a mixture that'll help me pull my load.
My gears are stripped--I cannot set my brakes.
I am entered for the finals down the timeless untimed Road
To the Maker of the makers of all makes!
| Scheme | A BABA CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010 111010011110111 1111001001 1111100010111 111010111 11010101011111 1111110111 11101010101011 10101010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 429 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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