This is an analysis of The Song Of The Old Guard by Rudyard Kipling.
Know this, my brethren, Heaven is clear
And all the clouds are gone--…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcXdede bfbfgegE fhfhdedE aXahhehE icichehE agagjXje
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101101001 110111 01011101 0111010 01011101 010101 11010101 101111 01010101 011101 11111101 111101 010011001 110101 11101101 111111 11101001 110101 11011101 110111 11110101 110111 11010111 111111 11110101 110100 11010101 110101 111100101 110101 011110101 111111 11010101 110101 11011101 111101 01010011 11010 010010111 111111 11110101 010111 01011101 011101 11011101 010100 11010111 11111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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