This is an analysis of A Bank Fraud by Rudyard Kipling.

He drank strong waters and his speech was coarse;
He purchased raiment and forbore to pay';…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111010111 1101011001 1101010001 1110000101 1101110101 0101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Repeated words/phrases

he, and

Anaphora

he