This is an analysis of the poem Saltbush Bill, J.P. that begins with:
Beyond the land where Leichhardt went,
Beyond Sturt's Western track,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXeX fcfc eeeX ghgX cccX fXfh agag ijij jfjf XXbX jajX XXcX keXe Xgag kXkX aXaa ecec dcdX gggg gcgc blbl gigX cacX bcbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01011101 011101 01010111 11111 11011111 111101 01010111 0101001 11010100 010100 11111101 11101 11010101 111101 11011101 111101 11011101 111101 01000101 111111 11110111 111101 11011101 1111010 01111111 110111 11111101 01101 11110100 0101010 01010100 010111 11011111 010101 01010101 010101 11011101 110101 11011111 010001 11001111 1101001 11111111 111101 110010111 11001010 11011101 1111010 11000101 110001 11110101 111101 11110101 1101010 01110101 1101100 11010111 010101 010101100 010101 110111010 110101 11010101 010101 01010111 010101 11011101 111101 11011111 010010 11011101 0101011 01010101 101101 11011111 110101 11011101 100101 110001001 11011 01010111 010111 11111101 111111 11100101 110101 01010101 110101 0111111 111111 110100101 010101 11011111 110101 11010111 111101 110110111 0100101 11011111 1101000 11011101 110101 11111101 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 26
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words beyond, and, the, his are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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