This is an analysis of Ford O' Kabul River by Rudyard Kipling.

Kabul town's by Kabul river --
Blow the bugle, draw the sword --…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBACXC dBdBACXC eBebACXC cBcbACXC fBfbACac gBgbACXC
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 10111010 1010101 11111110 1110101 11111010 111010001 1010111011101010 10111010001 1010101 1010101 1110111 1110101 11111010 111010001 101010111101011 10111010001 1010111 1010101 1110101 1010101 11111010 111010001 1110101011101010 10111010001 1011101 1010101 1110111 1111101 11111010 111010001 011101111101011 10111010001 101101 1010101 1111111 1010101 11111010 111010001 11001101111010 10111010001 1110101 1010101 1111101 1110101 11111010 111010001 1010111010111110 10111010001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

ford, river, kabul, o'

Anaphora

ford

Anadiplosis

ford, down