This is an analysis of the poem Anthony Considine that begins with:

OUT in the wastes of the West countrie,
Out where the white stars shine, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaBCAdedeXe bfbcf aaaaaXA aXagag cXbbA hdhdhd cXXBCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,7,6,5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011 110111 11101110 100100100 100101 1010111101 11100101 110110101 1110101 101100111 10100101 110101111 111101 100101110 110100100 1100101 1011101101 1100101 011010110 110010101 1010101 011111101 100101 010101101 001111010 010101111 101001010 10100100101 11101010 110011100 1100110 111101111 1111111101 100101 010110111 1100101 1111001001 1110101 110010100 1110111 111110100 0100111 111010011 11101110 100100100 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words out, and are repeated.

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