This is an analysis of Poseidon's Law by Rudyard Kipling.
When the robust and Brass-bound Man commissioned first for sea
His fragile raft, Poseidon laughed, and "Mariner," said he,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb cXdd eeff ffgX gghh aacc XXff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 10011111010111 0101010111000011 100010100111111 11011111011111 101011101110111 110101010100101 110100011100100101 01110101010100 11111101110011 010010101110111 11010111110101 11111110110111 1110001101111001 00110101110111 011101001011101 011101010101010 010101001100101 11010101011101 11010101011111 10000101011101 01011100110111 11110111010101 01110111110101 10011111101111 01010101001110 110101010101010 1101100111001 1001011101011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
and, your, nor, from
Anaphora
nor, the
