This is an analysis of Back To The Army Again by Rudyard Kipling.
I'm 'ere in a ticky ulster an' a broken billycock 'at,
A-layin' on the sergeant I don't know a gun from a bat;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabb aCdC eefX ACcC ddee ACXC eeaa ACaC ffXX ACfC XXdd ACeC ccee ACacX fdfdXcac
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,8,
- Metre: 0100101010101001 010101011101001 11101011011101111 1010011110110101 10100110 1001001 1111111011 01001001 111111011001101 110111111101111 11001110110101 1111111001111010 100100110 1001001 1011011011 01001001 0111110111001 01100001011100101 111110101110111 11101100101111111 100100110 1001001 111011111 01001001 01011101110101 110111011100110111 11101111011101101 111010101100101 100100110 1001001 1111111011 01001001 1111111001111001 11011010110101 110110100110111 1110110011110010010 100100110 1001001 1111101011 01001001 110110010110110111 110100101101001 1011010100111011011 1111110010001111111 100100110 1001001 1011011011 01001001 11110101110101 111110100110101 001110101100101 1101101101111001 100100110 1001001 110110110 1101101 11 011100011 01101011 011011111 0100101101 110011010 01111001 11001011101 11001001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 65
Repeated words/phrases
my, back, to, army, again, an', your, i, 'e, man
Anaphora
back, an', i, out, a