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: ababcdcd 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): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- 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 101011101 111101 101011101 111101 01000101 1111110 11110111 111101 101011101 11110100 01111111 110111 101111101 01101 11110100 0101010 01010100 010111 11011111 010101 01010101 010101 11011101 110101 1101011101 010001 101001111 1101001 1101110111 111101 1010010111 11001010 11011101 11110100 11000101 110001 101011001001 1010110010 111100010010 110010100 01110101 1001000110000 11010111 010101 010101100 010101 11010110100 110101 11010101 010101 01010111 010101 110110101 1111010 10101011101 0100100 11011101 0101011 01010101 101101 1101011011 110101 11011101 100101 110001001 11011 01010111 010111 11111101 111111 11100101 110101 01010101 110101 0111111 111111 110100101 010101 11011111 110101 1010101011 10111010 110110111 0100101 11011111 110010000 11011101 110101 11111101 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 25
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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, tell, his are repeated.
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