Analysis of How the Whale Got His Throat

Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)



When the cabin port-holes are dark and green
Because of the seas outside
When the ship goes wop (with a wiggle between)
And steward falls into the soup-tureen,
And trunks begin to slide;
When Nursey lies on the floor in a heap,
And Mummy tells you to let her sleep,
And you aren't waked or washed or dressed,
Why, then you will know (if you haven't guessed)
You're "Fifty North and Forty West!"


Scheme ABAABCCDDD
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1010111101 0110111 10111101001 010101011 010111 111101001 010111101 011011111 1111111101 11010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 393
Words 76
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 304
Words per stanza (avg) 73
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 10, 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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