Analysis of General Joubert
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
(Died, South African War, March 27, 1900)
With those that bred, with those that loosed the strife,
He had no part whose hands were clear of gain;
But subtle, strong, and stubborn, gave his life
To a lost cause, and knew the gift was vain.
Later shall rise a people, sane and great,
Forged in strong fires, by equal war made one;
Telling old battles over without hate --
Not least his name shall pass from sire to son.
He may not meet the onsweep of our van
In the doomed city when we close the score;
Yet o'er his grave -- his grave that holds a man --
Our deep-tongued guns shall answer his once more!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110011 1111111101 1111110111 1101010111 1011010111 1011010101 10110110111 1011010011 11111111011 1111011101 0011011101 11011111101 10111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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