Analysis of The Beginnings
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy-willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate.
Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.
Scheme | xaxA baba cacA dadA eaeaa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 1111101 1101111 10100111 1011001 10101011 11001111 10100111 11001001 1101001 1110111 10100111 1111101 1111101 111101 10100111 1111001 1111001 101101 1111101 10100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 709 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 04, 2023
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