This is an analysis of the poem In Defence Of The Bush that begins with:
So you're back from up the country, Mister Lawson, where you went,
And you're cursing all the business in a bitter discontent; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaddeeaaff aaggaXhhbbeeiXjjeeeeXi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111010101010111 111010100010001 111010111011101 101011101110101 101010101111001 111011101110111 101011101010111 111110101010101 101011101010111 001111101110101 1010011101010001 111010101010101 1010010101011101 111010100010101 101111111110001 001010101010101 101111101010111 101110111110101 111011101010101 011010100010111 0111101010110101 011111110001101 1010001110111001 0110101101010001 101100100110111 101010101111001 011011101010111 101010100010101 101010101011111 001010101011101 011110100010001 101011101011011 001111100110111 011010100011101 101011101110101 111110101010101 111001101111101 1010111100010111 111010101110001 101010111110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1354
- Average number of words per stanza: 247
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (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, you, of, with, bush, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, did are repeated.
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