This is an analysis of The Verdicts by Rudyard Kipling.

Not in the thick of the fight,
Not in the press of the odds,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xcbc bdbd ebeb afaf gfgf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1001001 1001001 10101011 1110101 111011 111001 101001 101011 111101 1011001 11111001 1100111 1101111 011100 11011011 100001011 1111001 11101101 11111 111111 11011011 1110001 11111110111 0010011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

we

Anaphora

not