Analysis of The Veterans
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
To-day, across our fathers' graves,
The astonished years reveal
The remnant of that desperate host
Which cleansed our East with steel.
Hail and farewell! We greet you here,
With tears that none will scorn--
O Keepers of the House of old,
Or ever we were born!
One service more we dare to ask--
Pray for us, heroes, pray,
That when Fate lays on us our task
We do not shame the Day!
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110110101 0010101 01011101 1110111 1011111 111111 11010111 110101 11011111 111101 111111101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 390 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 15, 2023
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