Analysis of The Burden
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
The Burden
"The Gardeners"
From "Debits and Credits" (1919-1923)
One grief on me is laid
Each day of every year,
Wherein no soul can aid,
Whereof no soul can hear:
Whereto no end is seen
Except to grieve again--
Ah, Mary Magdalene,
Where is there greater pain?
To dream on dear disgrace
Each hour of every day--
To bring no honest face
To aught I do or say:
To lie from morn till e'en--
To know my lies are vain--
Ah, Mary Magdalene,
Where can be greater pain?
To watch my steadfast fear
Attend mine every way
Each day of every year--
Each hour of every day:
To burn, and chill between--
To quake and rage again--
Ah, Mary Magdalene,
Where shall be greater pain:
One grave to me was given--
To guard till Judgment Day--
But God looked down from Heaven
And rolled the Stone away!
One day of all my years--
One hour of that one day--
His Angel saw my tears
And rolled the Stone away!
Scheme | AA bxxcDcxefEg hIhifgEg diDIefEg bibIxixI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 1010 010 0100 11010 111111 1111001 011111 11111 11111 011101 11010 111101 111101 11011001 111101 111111 1111111 111111 11010 111101 11111 0111001 1111001 11011001 110101 110101 11010 111101 1111110 111101 1111110 010101 111111 1101111 110111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 945 |
Words | 175 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 11, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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