Analysis of The Anvil
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
England's on the anvil--hear the hammers ring--
Clanging from the Severn to the Tyne!
Never was a blacksmith like our Norman King--
England's being hammered, hammered, hammered into line!
England's on the anvil! Heavy are the blows!
(But the work will be a marvel when it's done.)
Little bits of Kingdoms cannot stand against their foes.
England's being hammered hammered, hammered into one!
There shall be one people--it shall serve one Lord--
(Neither Prist nor Baron shall escape!)
It shall have one speech and law, soul and strength and sword.
England's being hammered, hammered, hammered into
shape!
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010101 101010101 10101110101 1010101010011 10101010101 10111010111 1011101010111 1010101010011 11111011111 101110101 111110110101 101010101001 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 666 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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