This is an analysis of the poem The Customs Men that begins with:
Those who say Gord Struth; those who say Swelp Me -
pensioned soldiers and sailors, the wreckage of Empire - ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbXXbabXXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111111 100101100100100 11010110100100001 11010101111 101110111010 1101010110110111 1011011010110010 1010100001001 1111010011010 11101111011101 11001101001 010111011011 0010101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 766
- Average number of words per stanza: 131
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; who, their, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, the are repeated.
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