This is an analysis of the poem Ned Kelly Was A Gentleman that begins with:

Ned Kelly was a gentleman:
Many hardships did he endure. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbacac dedeffgf XXhagiji XkhkajXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 10100101 11000101 110001 10101010 11010001 1111011 1110111 1101010 111001 11010100 1110101 011100100 010101 1101010 011001 10110010 1110101 1100010 1010101 0110010 001101 011101001 110111 11110010 1101001 11101010 01010101 11110100 110101 11101101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

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