This is an analysis of The Song Of The Little Hunter by Rudyard Kipling.

Ere Mor the Peacock flutters, ere the Monkey People cry,
Ere Chil the Kite swoops down a furlong sheer,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaBcbdB eXebdbXB fbfBXbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11011101010101 1101110111 101010101011101 10111010101 10101011010101 10101110111 10101111110101 10111010101 101110101011101 10101011111 1010101111101 00111010001 11111011010101 00101010101 11111111011111 00111010001 1011101010100111 10101011111 101100101011111 00111010001 10111111010101 101011100111 11101111110111 10111010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

ere, and, he, thy, when, now

Anaphora

ere, and, when, now