This is an analysis of the poem Saltbush Bill's Gamecock that begins with:

'Twas Saltbush Bill, with his travelling sheep, was making his way to town;
He crossed them over the Hard Times Run, and he came to the Take 'Em... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, hard, of, his, game, in, him, bird, you, said, best, and, to, drover's, he's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, the, a are repeated.

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