This is an analysis of The Song Of The Cities by Rudyard Kipling.
BOMBAY
Royal and Dower-royal, I the Queen…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc d efef g hihi b fbfb j fjfj X gaga g kaka l cece d eheh b fbfb b gXgk X fgfg b cfcf e lXlc fXecec
- Stanza lengths: 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Metre: 01 101110101 1011010101 0101111111 110011 110 1011010101 11111000101 11011101011 101111 10 1111011111 1001011101 1011010101 101101 01 1101111101 1011110111 1111110111 111110 101 1101111111 1011110101 0101100111 010111 11 1101111101 1001000101 1111010101 111101 101 00011100111 0101110111 0100010001 101111 011101 1011010101 10110010111 1111010101 110111 0100 01010100111 1101011111 0101010111 011111 11 1111010101 1111111111 01000010111 010101 10 1011110111 1011011101 1111010111 111101 10 1011111100 1011010110 0110010011 111101 11 0101010101 11010111001 1001011111 110101 11 1111111111 11101111100 1011011111 111111 10 110010010001 11110010101 1101111101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 30
- Lines: 89
Repeated words/phrases
and, east, west
