This is an analysis of The Derelict by Rudyard Kipling.

~And reports the derelict ~Mary Pollock~ still at sea.~
SHIPPING NEWS.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ab ccdeed FFgaAG ccXffh ffbffb hheaae iiajja kkhjjX kkdccdXFFgaAG
  • Stanza lengths: 2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 10101011010111 101 11010011 10110111 01000101110 00011111 0110111 10110101010 111110 001101 1101010101 100101 110101 1001110111 110101 111111 11111100010 1111001 011111 10010011010 111111 100101 11110101010 1111001 1111001 101111011010 100111 111111 1101010101 101111 110111 1001110111 111101 110101 11010101011 110101 101111 01000101111 110101 010101 11111100010 110101 010101 11111111100 111101 110101 11011101010 111101 110101 10010100110 111110 001101 0110110111 100101 110101 1001110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 57

Repeated words/phrases

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Anadiplosis

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