Analysis of A Dedication to Soldiers Three
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
And they were stronger hands than mine
That digged the Ruby from the earth-
More cunning brains that made it worth
The large desire of a king,
And stouter hearts that through the brine
Went down the perfect Pearl to bring.
Lo, I have wrought in common clay
Rude figures of a rough-hewn race,
Since pearls strew not the market-place
In this my town of banishment,
Where with the shifting dust I play,
And eat the bread of discontent.
Yet is there life in that I make.
0 thou who knowest, turn and see-
As thou hast power over me
So have I power over these,
Because I wrought them for thy sake,
And breathed in them mine agonies.
Small mirth was in the making-now
I lift the cloth that cloaks the clay,
And, wearied, at thy feet I lay
My wares, ere I go forth to sell.
The long bazaar will praise, but thou-
Heart of my heart-have I done well?
Scheme | ABBCAC DEEXDX FGGHFH IDDJIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010111 11010101 11011111 01010101 0111101 11001111 11110101 11010111 11110101 01111100 11010111 01011001 11110111 111101 11110101 11110101 01111111 01011100 11100101 11011101 01011111 11111111 01011111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 826 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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