This is an analysis of The Dove Of Dacca by Rudyard Kipling.
The freed dove flew to the Rajah's tower—
Fled from the slaughter of Moslem kings—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aBXCb deXCe fdfcX gdgCd hdhCd igiCg ehech aBXbCb
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,6,
- Metre: 0111001010 100100101 10111001001 111101 1011001111 01001011001 1100100101 0101011110 111101 1001001001 1001001101 100101111 00100101111 00100100101 1101001010 01001101001 0100101101 101011101 1010110101 1100110101 1100111101 10010101 1100101101 111101 101110101 010101101 100100101 011100101 1010110101 1100110111 0100101111 101110111 11101011101 101010101 100100101 1011001010 100100101 1011001001 11011101101 111101 1001001001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 41
Repeated words/phrases
dove, if, she
Anaphora
the, she