My iPhone 4S has not backed up to iCloud ever since I installed iOS7.

I seem to have all of the proper settings in Settings. I have tried backing up explicitly by selecting "Back up now" in Settings > iCloud > Storage & backup. It acted as though it were backing up but after it was done, iTunes still shows my latest cloud backup date as October 5, 2013, and today I got an alert on my iPhone that it has not been backed up in 5 weeks. WiFi is on, the iPhone is connected to a charger, and the phone is locked. What else do I need?
I have 4.1 GB of available space in my iCloud account.
What am I missing?

If there is nothing 'new' to be backed up, then iCloud isn't going to overwrite the old backup with an exact duplicate.
What is turned 'on' in your iCloud backup?  Add something new to your device (like a new Contact or Calendar for example), and then try the manual backup again.  Make sure you're connected to wi-fi and plugged into a power outlet. 

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