Analysis of To Thomas Atkins
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
PRELUDE TO "BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS"
I have made for you a song
And it may be right or wrong,
But only you can tell me if it's true.
I have tried for to explain
Both your pleasure and your pain,
And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!
O there'll surely come a day
When they'll give you all your pay,
And treat you as a Christian ought to do;
So, until that day comes round,
Heaven keep you safe and sound,
And, Thomas, here's my best respects to you!
Scheme | x aabccB ddbeeB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110 1111101 0111111 1101111111 1111101 1110011 0101110111 11010101 1111111 0111010111 1011111 1011101 0101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 480 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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