This is an analysis of the poem The Mutiny Of The Chains that begins with:

PENAL COLONY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1857
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  • Rhyme scheme: X XabaXcddc efef fghhg iiffi icjjc fkfklala jiijmXiidXhniibb ffooimimiimmddppjjfffaa fmfmciciaqaqecXchbhfff biib icicddmm fqfqfrfrmdXmccXhhffhn XcmmXmXm XmXiiiiXm ffi XifffmmccffjjmmmmXffssss fiifiiifffmfm rtffXrtppfqmmmbggiq
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,4,5,5,5,8,16,23,22,4,8,21,8,9,3,24,13,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101000100101 01110110 10101101 01101110 011111 0110101001 1111001 1010110101 101001011001 00100111 0110100101 10111101 0010100101 1110101 01010101011 10100111 011111101 1011100101 0010101 01010101 110101 101010101 01010101 0100101 11011101 110111 1110010111 0010101101 1101101 11011111 1101101 1100100101 1111101 101011101 1110111 0100100101 10100101 11110101 1100111 1111001 110110101 0010100101 1011110110 010110101 010011010 11011101 10111011010 1111010111 10100100100 1100111111 1010110101 11001101001 1110100101 10111101111 11001111001 10101001101 10100110111 0010111111 110101010 1111100111 01110110101 111101101 011110111 010100111 10100110101 011110111 0010011111 1111101001 00101100101 10111010111 10111100101 0011100111 110101101 10100010101 010010101 10100101001 101110101 101101001 11100100101 1011111 1110011111 111111010 1100111110 111011110 010011111 1010110010 11001111001 001001110 1110100101 101001110 1110101101 101101010 0110100101 001111010 1101111101 101101101001 1010110101 1011110111 111010 010110101 10100101001 101001010 100100101 01011010 010111101 101110010 100101111 110010101 110100111 1011111101 1101010011 11001010 1110100111 111111010 010101101 01111100 1010101101 01001010 1100110101 10101101 1010100100 101110101 0100100101 011111111 11010 1101 0010011101 111100111 1100100111 110111111 110110100 10010101100 11101101010 111100101 111100111 11111101 01011101 11001111 11011101 11010 0111 0101110110 1100110111 0010110101 00100110111 0101110001 1100110100 110010101 1110100111 0010111111 00100100101 11010 0111 11110100111 1100111001 0010011101 111101101 1010101111 1100111101 1010010101 11111110101 1111111101 011111101 0111100101 010101111 011100101 1010100101 1010100101 110 1100101 111100011 11001001001 110110101 1011111101 10100101001 0110100111 01011100111 1110100101 1110110111 110110101 011010101 1101101001 110100101 110101001011 1111010101 0101111101 110110101 0111110101 111011101 0110110101 11111111101 11100100101 1011111101 10101100111 1100111011 0010100101 1110110111 11111101010 111100111 0101110101 0100101111 111001101001 10100100101 010110111 1110100111 1101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 422
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 207
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; flag, in, of, and, they, to, with, for, on, have, their are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, in, they, he, their, a, well, with, to, why are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, why, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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