This is an analysis of the poem High Explosive that begins with:
HIGH EXPLOSIVE by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabb cXdd ccaa ccee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1010111000100 1010100111 1011111101 100110101 1100110111 100011100101 11111111010 111100101 111011101 1111111101 1110110101 0100111111 1111011111 1010011101111 1111100101 10101110111 0010110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, he are repeated.
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