This is an analysis of The Story Of Uriah by Rudyard Kipling.

Jack Barrett went to Quetta
Because they told him to.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXa XbCbXb XdXdXd XedeCe XXbefgfg
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,8,
  • Metre: 1101010 011110 1101110 1110101 1101110 1011111 1101010 110101 0100001 0010101 0101010 1011101 1101010 111101 0101110 0110101 11010111 110111 1101110 010101 11100010 010101 0100001 0010101 11011101 100101 10111010 0011101 11011101 110001 11010001 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 32