Analysis of The Beginning of the Armadilloes

Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)



I've never sailed the Amazon,
I've never reached Brazil;
But the Don and Magdalena,
They can go there when they will!

Yes, weekly from Southampton
Great steamers, white and gold,
Go rolling down to Rio
(Roll down--roll down to Rio!).
And I'd like to roll to Rio
Some day before I'm old!

I've never seen a Jaguar,
Nor yet an Armadill--
He's dilloing in his armour,
And I s'pose I never will,

Unless I go to Rio
These wonders to behold--
Roll down--roll down to Rio--
Roll really down to Rio!
Oh, I'd love to roll to Rio
Some day before I'm old!


Scheme xaxa xbcCcB xaxa cbCccB
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Metre 1101010 110101 1010010 1111111 1101010 110101 1101110 1111110 01111110 110111 110101 1111 110110 01111101 0111110 110101 1111110 1101110 11111110 110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 532
Words 106
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 6
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 30, 2023

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Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India and his tales for children. more…

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