This is an analysis of the poem The Wonderful Aussie Waler that begins with:

When Allenby's Army smashed the Turk
Who was the bloke who did all the work... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXccddX bbccXbbeeX ddeeXffbbX ddggXbbaaX ffaaXddeeX ggaaXbbhhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010101 110110101 010111111 1100111101 01001010 0110100111 1010100101 10100111001 0100101011 010010010 111110101 110111111 101110101 100100111 001001010 110101001 11110101 010101011 1100111101 0010010010 11011101 1110101111 00101110101 11110101 01001010 111011001001 011100101 101011111 11011101 010010010 01010111 1001101111 1010101011 1111111101 11001010 0010110111 110110100 1111101101 1010110101 110010010 11010101 010111001 00111011011 1110110101 110010010 010101101 1111100111 111100101 101111111 110010010 1111100011 0111111111 1110111111 111010111 11001010 011100011 11011111 11110101 01111101 110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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