This is an analysis of the poem Boots that begins with:
We've travelled per Joe Gardiner, a humping of our swag
In the country of the Gidgee and Belar. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaaaXXXXbaba cdcdaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110010011 0010001110 11010000110001 111010100101 11110100110101 1101110101 111110101011101 11000100101 111101000110101 1100111100 111101000101011010 0101110011 111111100010001 11111011101 111110111010111 00001010101 01100101010001 0101011101 01010101010101 10101011101 111010100011101 11111010101 111000101010101 00001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 645
- Average number of words per stanza: 115
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we've, we, and, its are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word boots at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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