This is an analysis of the poem A Bushman's Song that begins with:

I’M travellin’ down the Castlereagh, and I’m a station hand,
I’m handy with the ropin’ pole, I’m handy with the brand, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabX Ccdd aaaa Ccdd Xbee Ccdd ffcc Ccdd eeggXCcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110010100110101 11000101110001 11110101110111 11010110101010100 101111110101 11101010010101 001110101110101 1110101010111 01111100110001 11010111110001 11010101010111 10100100101110101 011111110101 111011110101101 11100101000101101 1011101100111 11011101010100 11110111110111 11010101011101 101111100010001 011111110101 01101010010001 111011101110011 1110101010111 11010001110101 11010111011101 01110101110111 110010101011111 011111110101 11011111111101 11011101110101 1111101010111 101111101010101 111110100010101 111010000010101 1110111101110101 101111110101 1101010010101 01110111110101 1110101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, m, shift, shearin, to, till are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, he, it, till are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.

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  • summary of A Bushman's Song;
  • central theme;
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