This is an analysis of Gertrude's Prayer by Rudyard Kipling.
That which is marred at birth Time shall not mend,
Nor water out of bitter well make clean;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXX XaXXbX cdcdbX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
- Metre: 1101111111 1101010111 1101100101 11001001101 0101010010 1001010110 0100110101 1001011101 0101110010 0010110111 1101111101 1001010110 1010010101 1101001000 1100110101 1101010101 110101111 1001010110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
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