This is an analysis of Hymn of Breaking Strain by Rudyard Kipling.
THE careful text-books measure
(Let all who build beware!)…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacacc de defbfbb gegehbhab aiaicecee cicicjcjj acacckcckk
- Stanza lengths: 9,2,7,9,9,9,10,
- Metre: 0101110 111101 0101010 010011 1101010 110101 1101110 010101 110101 1011010 011111 0111110 0100111 0111111 111101 11001001 011101 110001 0101110 010101 1111010 110111 1101010 110101 1111010 1111000 011111 1111010 111111 1101010 111100 1001010 011111 1100010 111011 010111 1100010 1100111 0101010 011111 1111110 111101 1101010 110101 010001 1111010 111101 0010110 010111 1111110 111111 0101010 0101010 111101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 55
Repeated words/phrases
we
Epiphora
man, bear, planned, odds, broken, anew