Analysis of The Mine-Sweepers
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Dawn off the Foreland -- the young flood making
Jumbled and short and steep --
Black in the hollows and bright where it's breaking --
Awkward water to sweep.
"Mines reported in the fairway,
Warn all traffic and detain.
Sent up Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock, and Golden Gain."
Noon off the Foreland -- the first ebb making
Lumpy and strong in the bight.
Boom after boom, and the golf-hut shaking
And the jackdaws wild with fright.
"Mines located in the fairway,
Boats now working up the chain,
Sweepers -- Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock, and Golden Gain."
Dusk off the Foreland -- the last light going
And the traffic crowding through,
And five damned trawlers with their syreens blowing
Heading the whole review!
"Sweep completed in the fairway,
No more mines remain.
Sent back Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock, and Golden Gain."
Scheme | ABABCDD AEAECDD AFAFCDD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101110 100101 10010011110 101011 110001 1110001 1110010010010101 110101110 1001001 1101001110 001111 110001 1110101 1010010010010101 110101110 0010101 0111011110 10011 1010001 11101 1110010010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 854 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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