This is an analysis of the poem Paddy Malone In Australia that begins with:
Och! my name's Pat Malone, and I'm from Tipperary.
Sure, I don't know it now I'm so bothered, Ohone!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcbXD XXXbbdbbXb XedecXcbdb XfbfXXgbXb gXgXccX cbdb hbhXXXebdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,7,4,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011001010 111101011010 1011110110110 010101011001 111111111110 01001001001 1011001010110 11110011001 1100111010 11001011101 1011010111011 101101111010 11111110110100 111001001001 111010110010 1001001111011 110010111010 111101111001 11001111010 111011111001 010110011110 011111101011 110111011011 01101111101 011011111110 01111111010 110111111110 11011111001 11001101101 101001111001 1111011111100 11111101001 1110111010010 111111101001 01101100110110 11100110111100 1010011110111 111101001001 101001111010 11101011001 011110111111 101101111010 10101111111011 10111110110110 111111010 111110110 10000 10101111011010 11101111001 11001111111 101001011001 11101110101011 101101011011 110010111111 1110110010101000 111011011011100 1011011010110 110010111110 111101111001 101001111111 11001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 436
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 61
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, he, malone, paddy, i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word malone at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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