Analysis of The Fairies' Siege
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
I have been given my charge to keep--
Well have I kept the same!
Playing with strife for the most of my life,
But this is a different game.
I'll not fight against swords unseen,
Or spears that I cannot view--
Hand him the keys of the place on your knees--
'Tis the Dreamer whose dreams come true!
Ask him his terms and accept them at once.
Quick, ere we anger him, go!
Never before have I flinched from the guns,
But this is a different show.
I'll not fight with the Herald of God
(I know what his Master can do!)
Open the gate, he must enter in state,
'Tis the Dreamer whose dreams come true!
I'd not give way for an Emperor,
I'd hold my road for a King--
To the Triple Crown I would not bow down--
But this is a different thing.
I'll not fight with the Powers of Air,
Sentry, pass him through!
Drawbridge let fall, 'tis the Lord of us all,
The Dreamer whose dreams come true!
Scheme | xaxaxbxB xcxcxbxB xdxdxbxb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101111 111101 1011101111 11101001 11101101 1111101 1101101111 10101111 1111001111 1111011 1001111101 11101001 111101011 11111011 1001111001 10101111 111111100 1111101 1010111111 11101001 111101011 10111 111101111 0101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 862 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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