This is an analysis of Dirge Of The Dead Sisters by Rudyard Kipling.

Who recalls the twilight and the ranged tents in order
(Violet peaks uplifted through the crystal evening air?)…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cded ccfc agag Xece Xdhd fcXc heXe ecXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010111011010 10011001010101 1010101010101010 101000100010111 11101010100110 1110101010011 1110101010010 1111101110101 10101010101011 1010101010101 1011111010100010 101000101010001 10100110101010 10100101010111 11101010101010 1111101111111 10101110101100 1011101010101 1010101010101010 101000101110100 10111001110010 1111111110011 10101010111010 1011100110101 101010101001010 1010101010101 101010010101111100 101000101010011 10101000101110 1011100011101 10110011100110 1010101110101 11111011111010 1110101010101 01111010111010 0111101010111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

and, now, when

Anaphora

and, now, when