This is an analysis of the poem Sydney Cup 1899 that begins with:
Of course they say if this Bobadil starts
He'll settle 'em all in a flash: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcdedefcfc acacecec gegehchc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111001001 11001001 101111001011 11100100010 11100100101 01001001 10111001001 111101001 01101011011 01001111 001011001011 11111001 101111011101 111001001 101011101011 111101001 1010110101101 001101001 101101101001 001001001 10100001101101 001011011 111011011001 111101001 001001111111 101111111 101101001101 11011001 001111001001 11011001 011101001001 111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word if is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word are at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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