Analysis of To a Lady, Persuading Her to a Car
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Love's fiery chariot, Delia, take
Which Vulcan wrought for Venus' sake.
Wings shall not waft thee, but a flame
Hot as my heart--as nobly tame:
Lit by a spark, less bright, more wise
Than linked lightnings of thine eyes!
Seated and ready to be drawn
Come not in muslins, lace or lawn,
But, for thy thrice imperial worth,
Take all the sables of the North,
With frozen diamonds belted on,
To face extreme Euroclydon!
Thus in our thund'ring toy we'll prove
Which is more blind, the Law or Love;
And may the jealous Gods prevent
Our fierce and uncontrouled descent!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100100101 11011101 11111101 11111101 11011111 1110111 10010111 1101111 111101001 11010101 11010101 11011 10101111 11110111 01010101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 102 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 437 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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