This is an analysis of A School Song by Rudyard Kipling.

Prelude to "Stalky & Co."

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Structure

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  • Closest metre:
  • Guessed form:
  • Stanzas: 14
  • Lines: 80

Repeated words/phrases

i, their, us, with, rods, of, common, sense, work, and, best, as, years, went, by, continueth

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

continueth, shore, rods, sense, us, work, kings, best, rule, by, day

Anadiplosis

men