This is an analysis of Certain Maxims Of Hafiz by Rudyard Kipling.
I.
If It be pleasant to look on, stalled in the packed serai,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a XaaX X XX X bb X cc a aa a Xdd X aX X ee X ee f bb a gg X ee X hh X bbhh X eebbii X Xbii X ff X eee XXccc
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,3,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,4,1,6,1,4,1,2,1,3,5,
- Metre: 1 000100111001100 11011101011111 01010011110111 1010100111001010 1 110101010010100 011101001011011110 1 10111100110101 01011001001001001 1 01001010111010101 1001011101011001 1 11010010111101 11100101101111 1 1011011011000 1110111 0110100101101001 1 011100100100111 011011010111100 1 111100101111001 11011101111001 1 011101110011001011 101011101001101001 1 001001011101000001 11110101111011111 1 1001011010010110 1011010010010011010 1 1010100101001111 1010111101101111001 1 01010010111011 00100100111011011 1 01001100111001111 001011011011101111 01001001001011011 001111001010001001 1 01110010101111 101001001111001001 01110010011110110 10010111010011010 01010010101001011 11111110100101 1 110010011110011110 11101101111 110101 1110101101101111001 1 01100111101101101 1101110110001001 1 1011110000001011101 100111100011011001 01001001001001001 1 11011011011011011 01011111011111001 101011011111001011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 38
- Lines: 88
Repeated words/phrases
i, to, of, her, it, thy
Anaphora
does
Epiphora
i, it
