This is an analysis of Old Mother Laidinwool by Rudyard Kipling.
Old Mother Laidinwool had nigh twelve months been dead.
She heard the hops was doing well, an' so popped up her head…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bAAaX CcdX aXee aaff ddbb CcffXeAAad
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,4,4,4,4,10,
- Metre: 110100111101 11011101111101 11111110111111 1100110101010100 111111 1001111 1001111 1001111111 10111110 110100110101 11010111111111 11010101110111 1011111010111110 11010101011101 11011000010111 11001100111111 11101001101001 11010101110001 111010101110111 11111111111111 1110100110111 110100110111 01011101110101 01011101110101 1110100110101 110100110101 11010111111111 11111100111101 101110110011101 111001 1001111 1001111 101111111 10111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
i, lord, she, an', to
Anaphora
back, until, out
Epiphora
lord
