This is an analysis of Recessional (A Victorian Ode) by Rudyard Kipling.
God of our fathers, known of old --
Lord of our far-flung battle line --…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababCC XcdcCC XXXXcC dXdXCC cacaaab Xb
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,7,2,
- Metre: 10110101 10111101 01110111 01010111 11010011 11011101 01010101 01010101 11110101 11010011 11010011 11011101 11110101 111101010 11110101 01010011 10010111 11011101 010101011 11111101 11010111 11010101 11010011 11011101 11011101 01011101 11011111 11011101 11011101 11011101 01 0100010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
of, we
Anaphora
the
