Analysis of A British-Roman Song
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
(A. D. 406)
"A Centurion of the Thirtieth"
My father's father saw it not,
And I, belike, shall never come
To look on that so-holy spot --
That very Rome --
Crowned by all Time, all Art, all Might,
The equal work of Gods and Man,
City beneath whose oldest height --
The Race began!
Soon to send forth again a brood,
Unshakable, we pray, that clings
To Rome's thrice-hammered hardihood --
In arduous things.
Strong heart with triple armour bound,
Beat strongly, for thy life-blood runs,
Age after Age, the Empire round --
In us thy Sons
Who, distant from the Seven Hills,
Loving and serving much, require
Thee -- thee to guard 'gainst home-born ills
The Imperial Fire!
Scheme | AX BXBX CDCD XEAE FGFG HIHI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01 0010010100 11010111 0111101 11111101 1101 11111111 01011101 10011101 0101 11110101 01001111 111101 01001 11110101 11011111 110101001 0111 11010101 10010110 11111111 0010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 654 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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