This is an analysis of The King's Pilgrimage by Rudyard Kipling.
Our King went forth on pilgrimage
His prayers and vows to pay…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cefe gdgd ee ccdc hbhX ciXi Xcbc Xei cehe jgjg gg kfkfcece
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,2,4,4,4,4,3,4,4,2,8,
- Metre: 11111100 011101 00111100 111101 11110101 110101 1011101001 1101001 1011110111101 1010101 1011101010101 1110110 111101101 111111 0010101000111 110101 11111111111101 11111111110111 1011110111101 110101 1011101010001 1010101 11110101 111001 11011101 110100 1011010111101 110111 101010010101100 1010101 11110111 1101001 1110100101 110101 1011011011010110 1101011111111 1 1011110111101 010101 1011101010001 111111 111110101 10100001 111100010101 110111 11011010110111001 11010100011111 11111111 011101 11110101 010111 11001101 110111 11010111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 55
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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