This is an analysis of the poem Kaa’s Hunting that begins with:

His spots are the joy of the Leopard: his horns are the Buffalo’s pride.
Be clean, for the strength of the hunter is known by the gloss of his... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101001001101011 01101001001101001 0111010111101011011 11111001111011001 011010010110110110 111110110010010110 101101101001001001 101001101101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 598
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 74 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, and are repeated.

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