This is an analysis of Hunting Song Of The Seeonee Pack by Rudyard Kipling.

As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled
Once, twice, and again!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XAbbXA XAcccA dAcccA dd ee ff gg
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 10111001010 11101 1011110111 00100110111 01100110 11101 10111001010 11101 1011110111 0100100101 111111111101 11101 1011100111 11101 100101111 111100101 11100111 11101 01101001001101011 01101001001101001 0111010111101011011 11111001111011001 011010010110110110 111110110010010110 10011010101001001001 101001101101111101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 26

Repeated words/phrases

and, we, of, his