This is an analysis of Hadramauti by Rudyard Kipling.

Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason?
What are his measures and balances? Which is his season…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eebb eeff bbXX Xgggbb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1101001011110 11010110010010 110010111111011 1101001111111 1010010010110110 101000110011010 110110011111010 10010010110110 10010010110110 001001101111010 010111111011111 11010010110111 11010111110010 110011111011010 11001001010010 10110011011010 110111110100101 0111101101001101 1110010010111110 1100111110110010 10011110111100 1101110111010 1111111111010 1111011111010 1011011011111 100111111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

he, of, him, i, his

Anaphora

he, i

Epiphora

him, it