Analysis of Thrown Away
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Stopped in the straight when the race was his own
Look at him cutting it--cur to the bone!
Ask ere the youngster be rated and chidden
What did he carry and how was he ridden?
May be they used him too much at the start.
May be Fate's weight-cloth are breaking his heart.
And some are sulky, while some will plunge.
(So ho! Steady! Stand still, you!)
Some you must gentle, and some you must lunge.
(There! There! Who wants to kill you?)
Some -- there are losses in every trade --
Wreck their hearts ere bitted and made,
Will fight like fiends as the rope cuts hard,
And die dumb-mad in the breaking-yard.
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Metre | 1001101111 1111011101 1101011001 11110011110 1111111101 1111111011 01111111 1110111 1111001111 1111111 1111001001 1111101 111110111 011100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 598 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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