Poem Analysis of Come-By-Chance by Banjo Paterson for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem Come-By-Chance that begins with:

As I pondered very weary o'er a volume long and dreary --
For the plot was void of interest; 'twas the Postal Guide, in fact -- ... full text

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Rhyme scheme: abcbXXdX efbf fcac Xghg aidi Xece hXcX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 11101010100101110 1011101001010101 1110101010111010 0110111000100001 11111001010100 101001101110101 1010101011100010 101011001110100 1110101111101111 111110101011001111 1010101010101110 111111101011101 1111111010100010 111110101110101 1110101010101110 101011111011101 1110101011101010 101010101010101 1001111011101010 101110111010001 11111001011101110 111011100010111 1011000101010101010 001010101010101 1111111001101110 111111101100111 1110110010101010 111011101010110 1010110010111010 111110101011101 1110101011101010 111010101010101100
Amount of stanzas: 8
Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
Average number of words per stanza: 48
Amount of lines: 33
Average number of symbols per line: 66 (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; and, of, i, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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Come-By-Chance by Banjo Paterson: poem analysis

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