This is an analysis of The Undertaker's Horse.. by Rudyard Kipling.

The eldest son bestrides him,
And the pretty daughter rides him,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabaab ccbbbX ddeXfe ggbhhb iijkkj llbeeb mmbnnb cclffX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 01011001 10101011 11111110101 11100110 10101110 11101010001 10111010 101000010 10100110101 10100011 01101101 1011110101010 1110110 11101011 0111110111 10101011 10101011 00101110011 1011110 10101010 10101011101 1011111 1110101 10101110001 011100110 111001010 11101110011 100101111 10101011 1101111111 01011111 11111111 10111010101 10100010 11101010 10101010101 10100010 11111110 1100110101 1111110001 101010101 11101110001 10011111 101000010 11101010101 11101011 01110111 10011101101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

him, and, your, i

Anaphora

and, see

Epiphora

him, beats, sir, beast, you, me