This is an analysis of The Watcher by Rudyard Kipling.

Put forth to watch, unschooled, alone,
'Twixt hostile earth and sky;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 110110001 101111 01010101 010111 11010101 110101 01110111 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Anaphora

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