This is an analysis of The Hyaenas by Rudyard Kipling.
After the burial-parties leave
And the baffled kites have fled;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc caca dbdb cccc eXeX fbfb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 100100101 1010111 01101111 0101011 1111111 100101 110101101 1111100 1110101111 1111111 1111011101 1010101 1011110111 1010011 101110001 110101 1111011001 011101 10100101 110101 1010010101 1110111 10010100101 1001101 110101101 1101111 111100111 1001101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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