This is an analysis of Evil Land by Rudyard Kipling.

We meet in an evil land
That is near to the gates of hell.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaab acaaXddXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 5,10,
  • Metre: 1101101 10100101 111101 0101101 11101111 1101011 110101 0101001 011101 1010011100 1111101 011111 0101100 011111 111011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

to

Anaphora

the, of

Epiphora

dead