This is an analysis of the poem Where The Dead Men Lie that begins with:
Out on the wastes of the Never Never -
That's where the dead men lie!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBcccb XBXBdddB aBabeeeB cBcBXccB fBfbaaaB ababcXcb gBgBXXXb XbXbhhhb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001010 110111 110111010 110111 110111110 101101110 1001011110 110111 111011110 110111 1001001100 110111 110101110 1001010010 110111010 110111 100101010 110111 1001101110 110111 101011110 100101010 111011010 110111 111011010 110111 111001010 110111 100101010 100111010 111001010 110111 100101110 110111 100101010 101111 101101110 100101110 110111110 110111 110101010 110111 1001011010 100111 101101010 101101010 101111010 110101 101111010 110111 111001010 110111 11101010 11111111 11111010 110101 100111010 100101 110110110 100111 1111001010 100111110 111001110 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; where, their, some, his, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that's, hearing, some are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines with is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word lie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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