This is an analysis of In The Matter Of One Compass by Rudyard Kipling.
When, foot to wheel and back to wind,
The helmsman dare not look behind,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdede afaX bbggXXbbaaccXX afaXXagagafaff
- Stanza lengths: 10,4,14,14,
- Metre: 11011101 01111101 11010101 01110101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11000111 11010101 01010101 11011101 10011101 11011101 111101100 1100101001 01110111 110101010 011111010 110100110 01110101 11010101 01010101 110010111 01111101 11010111 11110011 11010101 11010101 11011101 010101001 11011101 111101100 101110111 11011011 11111101 11010101 11011111 11000101 11011101 11010101 11010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 41
Anaphora
so
Epiphora
again
