This is an analysis of A Dedication by Rudyard Kipling.

And they were stronger hands than mine
That digged the Ruby from the earth--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbcac deefdf gddhgh iddjij
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11010111 110010001 11011101 01010001 11011101 11001101 11110101 11000111 11110101 00110100 10010111 11010001 10110111 11110111 11110101 11110101 01110111 11001100 11100101 11011101 11011111 11111101 01010111 10111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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