This is an analysis of the poem John Gilbert (Bushranger) that begins with:

John Gilbert was a bushranger of terrible renown,
For sticking lots of people up and shooting others down.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX XXaX XXaa XXXX bXXX ccXX ddaaXddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100010001 11010101110101 11011001100110100 01111110101110100 1110101010100010 11011101110101000 110110011010110 011000111101110 1101111111000100 100001010101000 10010001110101 11010001010111 010001001100010100 10100001011110100 110101001011001 11101010110011100 110101111010101 0111010011111100 01110111110101 1101010111011010 110101010101010 11010100001101110 111000010101100 01011010100100 1100101011111111 111001010100011 110101010100010 11000111001001010 110101011101011 111101001101011 10110010011101 01010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, have, and, canowindra, said, him, they, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

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  • summary of John Gilbert (Bushranger);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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