This is an analysis of Untitled [you Mustn'T Swim Till You'Re Six Weeks Old] by Rudyard Kipling.

You mustn't swim till you're six weeks old,
Or your head will be sunk by your heels;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaXbccb
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 110111111 111001111 11011101 111101 11110111 111110 11111 11101 100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

bad

Anaphora

are