This is an analysis of The Press by Rudyard Kipling.
The Soldier may forget his Sword,
The Sailorman the Sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcd efefcdgd cbcbhdhd fifijdjdXgbgbadad
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 01010101 010001 01010101 1010100 0110111011 1010101 1011010100 110101 1111101010 110101 010101010 111101 1110100101 1100111 1110100111 110101 111100101 1100111 11011101 011101 10111001001 010111 11101010101 1010001 1110011101 1011111 1110100110 110111 1110011101 010100 111010111 010001 01110101 010001 101001101001 111111 0100101101 11011001 1110101001 0010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
forget, press
Anaphora
the
