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!


Scheme AABBCCDDEFGDHIJJ
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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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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