This is an analysis of The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo by Rudyard Kipling.

This is the mouth-filling song of the race that was run by a Boomer.
Run in a single burst--only event of its kind--…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa XbXb caca
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 00011010011111010 1001011001001 101111010000000 1110111011001 101100101110110 10010111011101 101101101010010 1110011111001 1111111110011110 111001001001 1110010111010 1101011111111 10111010100010 1110111111000 1111011111010010 11100011001001
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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