This is an analysis of The Conversion Of Aurelian Mcgoggin by Rudyard Kipling.

Ride with an idle whip, ride with an unused heel,
But, once in a way, there will come a day…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 101101101011 1100110101 10110101 011110111101 001001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5