The Kangaroo does not want to catch ‘rheumatism. Spot this word in stanza 3 and say why it is spelt differently. Why is it in two parts? Why does the second part begin with a capital letter?

The word “rheumatism” can be split into two words. And, “rheu” and “matism”. On changing the spelling we realise, the word rhymes with kangroo, as “roo” and “Matiz”

Rheumatism → roo + Matiz

The second part “Matiz” begins with a capital letter because it is the first word of the line. In the poem also, we see, evry line starts with a capital letter, even if it is in continuation with the previous line.

Therefore, the letter M is capitalized only to give a poetic effect.