This is an analysis of the poem Billy Barlow In Australia that begins with:
When I was at home I was down on my luck,
And I earned a poor living by drawing a truck;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcBcddeeBcffbXBcgghhBc hhXXBchhfXBciibcBc jjddBcbbeeBcddbcBckkXXBceXjjBcjjbcBchhXXBcaXbcBcgXXXBc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,18,54,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111111 111011011001 1111111010101 111110011011 111001 11001011011 101011101011 11111101001 11011101001 111001011101 111001 110001101011 101011101011 111011011001 111001101011 1110010010100 111001 010010011011 111101111111 111101011001 111001011111 11111101001 111001 10110100011011 11111111111 01001110101 1011011100011110 111011110100 111001 1110110001011 111101111101 11101001101 11111110101 1011110011000 111001 101011111011 111111111001 111011111111 10110101111 110101001011 111001 10010010011011 11110111110 10100101101 111011001111 101011111001 111001 10110010011011 101001111111 111011111001 101111011001 01110001001 111001 10011011011011 10100111110 001101111011 11110111011 11101011011 111001 111001001011 101111111011 101111111011 111011101101100 1001110110111100 111001 11011111011 111011111101 11110111011110 111101101101 11001101010 111001 1011010011011 11101111011 111001111101 111001011101 111101111011 111001 11101111011 10011101011 101111111101 101111101011 11001111011 111001 11101001011 11101011101 10100101100010 101111111111 01001011011 111001 001010011011 111111101001 111011001101010 11101101011 00110010010010 111001 11101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1455
- Average number of words per stanza: 274
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, to, my, and, he, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word barlow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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