Analysis of Tiger--Tiger!
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
What of the hunting, hunter bold?
Brother, the watch was long and cold.
What of the quarry ye went to kill?
Brother, he crops in the jungle still.
Where is the power that made your pride?
Brother, it ebbs from my flank and side.
Where is the haste that ye hurry by?
Brother, I go to my lair to die!
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 10011101 110101111 101100101 110101111 101111101 110111101 101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 299 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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