This is an analysis of The Morning Song Of The Jungle by Rudyard Kipling.

One moment past our bodies cast
No shadow on the plain;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXXdX aedebfeX XgfgXbXX ehchcXdX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11011101 111101 11111111 111101 01011111 111111 1101110101 11010100 11111101 010001 11110111 110101 11111101 110111 11110101 0101100 11010110 010101 11010101 010101 11110111 010111 11010111 111010100 01011111 110111 11110101 010001 01011111 011101 1101100101 11010100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

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