This is an analysis of The Stranger by Rudyard Kipling.

The Stranger within my gate,
He may be true or kind,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXa BcXcXc dacaaa BeXede fgfgXg
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 0100111 110111 1111111 110101 1101101101 110101 010111 111111 1110111100 11100111 111110100 1110111 0100111 1101010 1110111001 110101 110100111 110101 010111 101110 111110111 110111 11101100111 1100101 0111001 100101 1010111 1010111 111011111 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

to, his, and, i

Anaphora

i, and