This is an analysis of the poem The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo that begins with:

This is the mouth-filling song of the race that was run by a Boomer.
Run in a single burst--only event of its kind--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa XbXb caca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00011010011111010 1001011001001 101111010000000 1110111011001 101100101110110 10010111011101 101101101010010 1110011111001 1111111110011110 111001001001 1110010111010 1101011111111 10111010100010 1110111111000 1111011111010010 11100011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.

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  • summary of The Sing-Song Of Old Man Kangaroo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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