This is an analysis of Three Friends by Rudyard Kipling.
There were three friends that buried the fourth,
The mould in his mouth and the dust in his eyes,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abaB cBcX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 101111001 01001101001 11111111 011110111 101111001 011110111 101101011011 1101110101100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
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