This is an analysis of the poem The Convicts Rum Song that begins with:

Cut yer name across me backbone
Stretch me skin across a drum ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 1110101 101101010 0011101 10111010 1010101 10101010 0110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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