This is an analysis of the poem The Law Of The Jungle that begins with:

Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
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  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1397
  • Average number of words per stanza: 288
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 75 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; wolf, and, that, of, as, pack, his, ye, your, kill, he, may, right, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word i at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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