Analysis of To R. K.
James Kenneth Stephen 1859 (London) – 1892
As long I dwell on some stupendous
And tremendous (Heaven defend us!)
Monstr'-inform'-ingens-horrendous
Demoniaco-seraphic
Penman's latest piece of graphic.
BROWNING.
Will there never come a season
Which shall rid us from the curse
Of a prose which knows no reason
And an unmelodious verse:
When the world shall cease to wonder
At the genius of an Ass,
And a boy's eccentric blunder
Shall not bring success to pass:
When mankind shall be delivered
From the clash of magazines,
And the inkstand shall be shivered
Into countless smithereens:
When there stands a muzzled stripling,
Mute, beside a muzzled bore:
When the Rudyards cease from kipling
And the Haggards Ride no more.
Scheme | AAABBBCDCDEFEFGHGHBIBI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111010 001010011 11110 11 1101110 10 11101010 1111101 10111110 0111 10111110 1010111 00101010 1110111 11111010 101110 0011110 011001 11101010 1010101 1011110 001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 733 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 544 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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