Analysis of Hymn to Physical Pain
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Dread Mother of Forgetfulness
Who, when Thy reign begins,
Wipest away the Soul's distress,
And memory of her sins.
The trusty Worm that dieth not--
The steadfast Fire also,
By Thy contrivance are forgot
In a completer woe.
Thine are the lidless eyes of night
That stare upon our tears,
Through certain hours which in our sight
Exceed a thousand years:
Thine is the thickness of the Dark
That presses in our pain,
As Thine the Dawn that bids us mark
Life's grinning face again.
Thine is the weariness outworn
No promise shall relieve,
That says at eve, "Would God 'twere morn"
At morn, "Would God 'twere eve!"
And when Thy tender mercies cease
And life unvexed is due,
Instant upon the false release
The Worm and Fire renew.
Wherefore we praise Thee in the deep,
And on our beds we pray
For Thy return that Thou may'st keep
The Pains of Hell at bay!
Scheme | AAAA BABX CACA DEDX EFXF AGAG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 11011 111101 1010101 0100101 0101111 011010 11010101 0011 1101111 1101101 1101010101 010101 11010101 1100101 11011111 110101 1101001 110101 11111111 111111 01110101 01111 10010101 0101001 1111001 0110111 110111111 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 829 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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