Analysis of Tod's Amendment
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
The World hath set its heavy yoke
Upon the old white-bearded folk
Who strive to please the King.
God's mercy is upon the young,
God's wisdom in the baby tongue
That fears not anything.
Scheme | AABCCB |
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Poetic Form | Boy Named Sue Sestain |
Metre | 01111101 01011101 111101 11010101 11000101 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 187 |
Words | 36 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 6 |
Lines Amount | 6 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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