This is an analysis of Boomerang by Rex Ingamells.

This piece of hardwood, cunningly shaped,
was curved so evenly while piccaninnies gaped…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaabbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 010111001 1111001100010 10100111001001 110101001011 11010110101 1110100110111 101010000101 010111010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8