This is an analysis of Sestina Of The Tramp-Royal by Rudyard Kipling.
Speakin' in general, I 'ave tried 'em all,
The 'appy roads that take you o'er the world.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbcde eadbcb becabd dbbeac cdabeb bcedba dbX
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,3,
- Metre: 10010011101 01011111001 10010011100 1111011111 1111011111 1110010111 1101011111 1111110101 010011100111 1111010001 1011011101 1111100110 01110101010 1101010111 0111111111 1101001111 11110100001 1101011111 1111111101 1111011100 01001010101 1111111101 1111011111 1111111111 1101011101 1101111111 1100110111 1111110110 1111100111 1111011101 0101110101 1111111111 1100111101 0111011101 1101010110 1111000101 1101110111 1011011100 11011111010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 39
Repeated words/phrases
an', they, you
Anaphora
an'
Epiphora
die, good, done, world
