Analysis of The Camels Hump
Rudyard Kipling 1865 (Mumbai) – 1936 (London)
The Camel's hump is an ugly lump
Which well you may see at the Zoo;
But uglier yet is the hump we get
From having too little to do.
Kiddies and grown-ups too-oo-oo,
If we haven't enough to do-oo-oo,
We get the hump-
Cameelious hump-
The hump that is black and blue!
We climb out of bed with a frouzly head,
And a snarly-yarly voice.
We shiver and scowl and we grunt and we growl
At our bath and our boots and our toys;
And there ought to be a corner for me
(And I know' there is one for you)
When we get the hump-
Cameelious hump-
The hump that is black and blue!
The cure for this ill is not to sit still,
Or frowst with a book by the fire;
But to take a large hoe and a shovel also,
And dig till you gently perspire;
And then you will find that the sun and the wind,
And the Djinn of the Garden too,
Have lifted the hump-
The horrible hump-
The hump that is black and blue!
I get it as well as you-oo-oo-
If I haven't enough to do-oo-oo!
We all get hump-
Cameelious hump-
Kiddies and grown-ups too!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111101 11111101 1100110111 11011011 10011111 1110011111 1101 11 0111101 111111011 00111 11001011011 110101010101 0111101011 01111111 11101 11 0111101 0111111111 111011010 111011001010 01111001 01111101001 00110101 11001 01001 0111101 111111111 1110011111 1111 11 100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 996 |
Words | 206 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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