Cupid's Arrows
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Pit where the buffalo cooled his hide,
By the hot sun emptied, and blistered and dried;
Log in the plume-grass, hidden and lone;
Bund where the earth-rat's mounds are strown;
Cave in the bank where the sly stream steals;
Aloe that stabs at the belly and heels,
Jump if you dare on a steed untried--
Safer it is to go wide-go wide!
Hark, from in front where the best men ride;--
"Pull to the off, boys! Wide! Go wide!"
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCCAAAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 416 |
Words | 83 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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