Analysis of It's a Jungle Out There
Roger McGough 1937 (Litherland)
On leaving the house you'd best say a prayer
Take my advice and don't travel by train
As Tarzan said to Jane, 'It's a jungle out there.'
I'm not a man who will easily scare
But I'd rather lick maggots than get on a plane.
On leaving the house you'd best say a prayer.
Skateboards are lethal on top of a stair
A broken back means you'll not walk again
As Tarzan said to Jane, 'It's a jungle out there.'
When the sky turns purple better beware
Bacillus on the breeze and acid in the rain
On leaving the house you'd best say a prayer
Avoid beef like the plague or your plague will be rare
Alcopops slowly eat away the brain
As Tarzan said to Jane, 'it's a jungle out there.'
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air
For the sake of the children repeat the refrain:
On leaving the house you'd best say a prayer
As Tarzan said to Jane, 'It's a jungle out there.
Scheme | AbA abA axA abA abA abAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1100111101 1101011011 11111101011 1101111001 111011011101 1100111101 111011101 0101111101 11111101011 1011101001 010101010001 1100111101 011101111111 11010101 11111101011 1101001101 101101001001 1100111101 11111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 845 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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