This is an analysis of the poem To Rudyard Kipling that begins with:

What need have you of praising? Could I find
Some lonely poet no one praises yet,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaaXcdXcdXaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1111010111 1101011101 1101111111 0101011111 1101110111 1101011101 1101111111 1101110101 1111011101 11010101001 1111011111 1111011101 110100100001 1111011101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 669
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him, you, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, praise are repeated.

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