This is an analysis of The Camels Hump by Rudyard Kipling.

The Camel's hump is an ugly lump
Which well you may see at the Zoo;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XXaAB cXdX XbaAB dXXX cbaaB XXaAb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,5,4,5,4,5,5,
  • Metre: 010101101 11111101 1100100111 01011001 10111111 0110010111 1101 1001 0110111 1110100101 1010101 11011111111 111111111 1110001011 11110111 11101 1001 0110111 0110101011 110011010 101011101010 11111001 11101101101 10100101 11001 01001 0110111 110111111 0110010111 1111 1001 101111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

oo, and, we, our, hump

Anaphora

and, the

Epiphora

oo, hump