Analysis of The Kingdom

Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)



Now we are come to our Kingdom,
And the State is thus and thus;
Our legions wait at the Palace gate—
Little it profits us.
Now we are come to our Kingdom!

Now we are come to our Kingdom,
And the Crown is ours to take—
With a naked sword at the Council board,
And under the throne the snake.
Now we are come to our Kingdom !

Now we are come to our Kingdom,
And the Realm is ours by right,
With shame and fear for our daily cheer,
And heaviness at night.
Now we are come to our Kingdom !

Now we are come to our Kingdom,
But my love's eyelids fall.
All that I wrought for, all that I fought for,
Delight her nothing at all.
My crown is of withered leaves,
For she sits in the dust and grieves.
Now we are come to our Kingdom !


Scheme AbxbA AcxcA AdxdA AexeffA
Poetic Form
Metre 111111010 0011101 1010110101 101101 111111010 111111010 00111011 1010110101 0100101 111111010 111111010 00111011 1101110101 0111 111111010 111111010 11111 1111111111 0101011 1111101 11100101 111111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 732
Words 150
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 7
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 21, 2023

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. more…

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