This is an analysis of There Was A Small Boy Of Quebec by Rudyard Kipling.

THERE was a small boy of Quebec,
Who was buried in snow to his neck;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 11011001 111001001 11110110 1011010 1111010100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5

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