Analysis of The Queen's Men
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
Valour and Innocence
Have latterly gone hence
To certain death by certain shame attended.
Envy--ah! even to tears! --
The fortune of their years
Which, though so few, yet so divinely ended.
Scarce had they lifted up
Life's full and fiery cup,
Than they had set it down untouched before them.
Before their day arose
They beckoned it to close--
Close in confusion and destruction o'er them.
They did not stay to ask
What prize should crown their task--
Well sure that prize was such as no man strives for;
But passed into eclipse,
Her kiss upon their lips--
Even Belphoebe's, whom they gave their lives for!
| Scheme | XXAXXA BBCXXC DDEFFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100 1111 11011101010 1011011 010111 11111101010 111101 1101001 11111101011 011101 110111 100100010101 111111 111111 11111111111 110101 010111 101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 597 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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