This is an analysis of A Pilgrim's Way by Rudyard Kipling.
I do not look for holy saints to guide me on my way,
Or male and female devilkins to lead my feet astray.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaA ccbbXA ddeeaA ffddaA gghhaA iiffjaXajX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,10,
- Metre: 11111101011111 11111100011101 01110101011111 11111111011101 11111111110111 0101110100111 11010101110111 11110111111111 11010101111111 11011101111111 110011001100100 0101110100111 11111100101111 01010101111101 11111001101111 11111111101101 11111111110100 0101110100111 11111101110110 10110111111111 11111100101101 11111111011100 111111111001100 0101110100111 11110101110001 10110111011011 111111011101111 11010001101001 11111111010110 0101110100111 010101001010111 11100101110111 11101100011111 11111101111101 11110111111100 11111011010101 01010111111000 1001110011101100 01010111100100 0101110100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
i, my, not, to, we, and, me, that
Anaphora
that