Analysis of Untimely
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Nothing in life has been made by man for man's using
But it was shown long since to man in ages
Lost as the name of the maker of it,
Who received oppression and shame for his wages--
Hate, avoidance, and scorn in his daily dealings--
Until he perished, wholly confounded
More to be pitied than he are the wise
Souls which foresaw the evil of loosing
Knowledge or Art before time, and aborted
Noble devices and deep-wrought healings,
Lest offense should arise.
Heaven delivers on earth the Hour that cannot be
thwarted,
Neither advanced, at the price of a world nor a soul,
and its Prophet
Comes through the blood of the vanguards who
dreamed--too soon--it had sounded.
Scheme | ABXBXC DACBD XEXXXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001111111110 11111111010 1101101011 101010011110 101001011010 0111010010 111111101 111010110 10110110010 100100111 101101 10010110101101 10 1001101101101 0110 11011011 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 666 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 176 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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