This is an analysis of the poem Flash Jack From Gundagai that begins with:
I've shore at Burrabogie, and I've shore at Toganmain,
I've shore at big Willandra and upon the old Coleraine,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbXX XXXa ccaaddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111001111100 111110010101100 1010101101111101 1011110010111 101011 111111 1110010010110101101 111110111110100 11111001111100 11111111010110 1101110111100 1111110110100111 1100001001110111 110001110011101 11101011111000101 11011110010111 1010101011101101 1111101110001 1110010101110101 11111110010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i've, at, shore, and, my, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i've is repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines boys is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word plain at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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