This is an analysis of the poem High Explosive that begins with:

HIGH EXPLOSIVE by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
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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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  • summary of High Explosive;
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  • history of its creation;
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