This is an analysis of The Young British Soldier by Rudyard Kipling.
When the 'arf-made recruity goes out to the East
'E acts like a babe an' 'e drinks like a beast,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaabBBBc dddbb eeebb aaabb Xffbb fffbb fffbb gggbb hhhbb iiXbb cccbb aaabb jjjbBBBc
- Stanza lengths: 8,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,8,
- Metre: 101110011001 11101111101 111001101001 1111011010 1111010 1111010 1111010 110001 11110011001 11111111011 111101011111 010111010 1111010 11111101101 111111011111 11111011011 1011011010 1111010 101001100101 11001111101 101010101011 1010011010 1110010 101111001100 11111011101 011101011111 1111010010 1110010 011101101001 11101011111 01011011101 1011011010 1111010 10111011101 01101001001 11011011001 111011010 1111010 001111001101 01111011111 111111111101 1111010010 1110010 111010111001 11111101101 01011011011 110111010 1111010 11011011001 11101001111 11011111011 1111011010 1111010 11011011011 01101001001 11101011101 111010010 1110010 011001101011 01001001001 11101011111 111011010 1111010 111011101011 101011011101 11011011111 110111010 1111010 1111010 1111010 110001
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 71
Repeated words/phrases
'e, serve, as, soldier, you, fit, bad, fool, beer, 'nough, curse, front, fight, wait, and, go, your, to
Anaphora
serve, go
Epiphora
soldier
