This is an analysis of The Flight by Rudyard Kipling.

When the grey geese heard the Fool's tread
Too near to where they lay,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcac aaaa dede afaf ghgh eaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 10111011 110111 11010111 110101 110111010 111101 010100101 010111 10010101 101111 11110001 110111 10110111 101111 11010101 101101 10010111 0100101 11011111 010101 11011111 111101 11110101 011101 11110101 111101 1010111010 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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