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 |
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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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