This is an analysis of Lispeth by Rudyard Kipling.

Look, you have cast out Love! What Gods are these
You bid me please?…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1111111111 1111 0101010111 011111 0101111101 1111110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6