This is an analysis of The Gypsy-Trail by Rudyard Kipling.

The white moth to the closing bine,
The bee to the opened clover,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xcbc deBe dbBb fgBg gfhf Xheh Xibi Xgig XXXX ebbXXbiBi
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 01100101 01001010 1010100101 1001110 10011101 100111 100111001 1110101 100100101 1001101 101101001 10101 01100111 011001 101001001001 10100101 01100101 0100101 101001001001 1100101 10010101 110111 100100101 100111 100100100 110111 1011100101 1011101 100100100 100101 10100100111 100111 100100100 100101 10111101001 1011111 100100100 110101 1010111101 00100101 11100111 0100101 101001001001 101001010 01001001001 101101 101101001 10101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 12
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

to, world, of

Anaphora

the, ever, out, and

Epiphora

again