This is an analysis of The Choice (The American Spirit Speaks) by Rudyard Kipling.

To the Judge of Right and Wrong
With Whom fulfillment lies…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abac cdcd ebeb fdfd cgcg hihi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0010111 010101 110111001 111101 110101 1101110 110100101 0011010 110101 101111 110100111 0011100 110010101 1101011 01010101 0100101 0010101 111100 110111111 110101 110111 111111 111110111 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, our

Anaphora

our, but