This is an analysis of Arithmetic On The Frontier by Rudyard Kipling.

A great and glorious thing it is
To learn, for seven years or so,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcX dXdXXX eXeXff dbdbee XaXXdd gegeXX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 011100100 01110011 01110110 11010101 01010101 1101101010 11011101 110111010 11010001 01010001000 11010100 11011100 010001010 01011110 110101010 10010110 01010101 11010001 11010101 1100111 01010011 11010101 11111111 01110101 11110001 011101010 01010101 111101110 11010011 111100111 01110111 01111111 11010111 01100111 01000011110 11011111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 36

Anaphora

a, no