Analysis of Sepulchral
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
From the Greek Anthologies
Swifter than aught 'neath the sun the car of Simonides moved
him.
Two things he could not out-run--Death and a Woman who
loved him.
| Scheme | X XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010100 101110101111 1 1111111100101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 162 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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