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 |
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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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