This is an analysis of The Hymn To Physical Pain by Rudyard Kipling.
Dread Mother of Forgetfulness
Who, when Thy reign begins,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba cXcd caca efef XXXX bdbd ghgh
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11001000 111101 10010101 1100001 0101111 0111010 11010101 001001 11010101 110111 110101011 010100 10010001 110011 11011111 110101 10010010 110101 1111101110 111011100 11110101 1110001 10010101 0111001 100111001 111111 11011111 010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 28
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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