This is an analysis of A Song Of The English by Rudyard Kipling.

Fair is our lot -- O goodly is our heritage!
(Humble ye, my people, and be fearful in your mirth!)…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabba cdeed cXeeX ceffe Xaffa
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 101111001100 1011101010011 1011111 1110111 111110110010101 1111111010100 1011001111101 101101 1110111 101110100011100 11010111011 1010101001100 011101 1011101 011001101110101 110101010100 1010101011101 1110101 1111111 101011101111101 110101010101 01010100010101 1010111 1110101 101011100010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

our, we, song, of

Anaphora

he