This is an analysis of Anchor Song by Rudyard Kipling.
Heh! Walk her round. Heave, ah heave her short again!
Over, snatch her over, there, and hold her on the pawl.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXcccdDX efefaceXc Xbcbgceec ehghgciidDc
- Stanza lengths: 11,9,9,11,
- Metre: 11011110101 1010101110101 1111111111 10101011111 11111111110111 1111101110111 1011101 10111111 01101010 10101010 1110101011101110 11011110111 1110101100111 1111001010101 110111011101 11111111010101 1010101011111 1010111 1010101 1111001001010001 11011110100 1000101110101 111111010101 11101001111 11111101011101 1011101110101 1010111 1110111 111010101010101 1111111010101 1101101110101 1101001110101 10111010111 11111101010111 1010111010101 1011101 00100101 11101010 10101010 111110101110111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
her, and, heave, you, your, to, mother, carey, on, sick
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
carey