This is an analysis of By Word Of Mouth by Rudyard Kipling.

Not though you die to-night, O Sweet, and wail,
A spectre at my door,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111011111 010111 1101110101 111111 1011010111 1101001101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6