Analysis of The Houses
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
1898 -- A Song of the Dominions
'Twixt my house and thy house the pathway is broad,
In thy house or my house is half the world's hoard;
By my house and thy house hangs all the world's fate,
On thy house and my house lies half the world's hate.
For my house and thy house no help shall we find
Save thy house and my house -- kin cleaving to kind;
If my house be taken, thine tumbleth anon.
If thy house be forfeit, mine followeth soon.
'Twixt my house and thy house what talk can there be
Of headship or lordship, or service or fee?
Since my house to thy house no greater can send
Than thy house to my house -- friend comforting friend;
And thy house to my house no meaner can bring
Than my house to thy house -- King counselling King.
Scheme | X XXAA BBCC DDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01101 1110110111 01111111011 11101111011 11101111011 11101111111 1110111111 111110111 111110111 11101111111 111111011 11111111011 11111111001 01111111011 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 728 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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