Analysis of Sir Richard's Song
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
(A. D. 1066)
I followed my Duke ere I was a lover,
To take from England fief and fee;
But now this game is the other way over--
But now England hath taken me!
I had my horse, my shield and banner,
And a boy's heart, so whole and free;
But now I sing in another manner--
But now England hath taken me!
As for my Father in his tower,
Asking news of my ship at sea,
He will remember his own hour--
Tell him England hath taken me!
As for my Mother in her bower,
That rules my Father so cunningly,
She will remember a maiden's power--
Tell her England hath taken me!
As for my Brother in Rouen City,
A nimble and naughty' page is he,
But he will come to suffer and pity--
Tell him England hath taken me!
As for my little Sister waiting
In the pleasant orchards of Normandie,
Tell her youth is the time for mating--
Tell her England hath taken me!
As for my comrades in camp and highway
That lift their eyebrows scornfully,
Tell them their way is not my way--
Tell them England hath taken me!
Kings and Princes and Barons famed,
Knights and Captains in your degree;
Hear me a little before I am blamed--
Seeing England hath taken me!
Howso great man's strength be reckoned,
There are two things he cannot flee.
Love is the first, and Death is the second-
And Love in England hath taken me!
Scheme | a babA babA babA bcbA aaaA dadA ecea fafa gaga |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01 11011111010 11110101 11111010110 11101101 111111010 00111101 1111001010 11101101 111100110 10111111 110101110 11101101 111100010 1111011 110100110 10101101 111100110 010010111 1111110010 11101101 111101010 0010101100 101101110 10101101 11110101 11111 11111111 11101101 10100101 10100101 1101001111 10101101 1111110 11111101 1101011010 010101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,255 |
Words | 251 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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