This is an analysis of Farewell And Adieu.... by Rudyard Kipling.

Farewell and adieu to you, Harwich Ladies,
Farewell and adieu to you, ladies ashore!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB aaXa cdXd deaeXABCB
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11101011010 11101011001 110110010010 111001101011 11111110110 11111101011 011110110011 01010001111 011101010011 10001101101 111110011010 0110101011 0111011100100 001011011001 1100101110110 1110111111101 11101011010 11101011001 110110010010 111001101011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

to, we'll, we

Anaphora

farewell, we'll