This is an analysis of That Day by Rudyard Kipling.

It got beyond all orders an' it got beyond all 'ope;
It got to shammin' wounded an' retirin' from the 'alt.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bCdC edeX aeae fcfc cdcd dddd gegeXbCdC
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01011101010111 01010101100001 11001101010101 00101011111 111110101 1111101 111111111110 1111111 111110101110101 101000101111001 1111010101010111 11111001111 111011101011101 111011101011001 11010111111111 1111111101 1101101111111 111111100110101 111010101110111 11111011011 111010101110101 11111101010101 101011100110111 10101111011 111011101110100 11010100110101 110010101111101 11101110111 01010101110101 111010101010001 11111010110101 11111110101 111110101 1111101 111111111110 1111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

it, got, an', i, we

Anaphora

it, an', we