This is an analysis of the poem The Bushman that begins with:
When the merchant lies down, he can scarce go to sleep
For thinking of his merchandise upon the fatal deep;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabB BB ccbB bbbB bbbb ddbBXBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101011111101 11000101010101 0110101110001 1101110111101 11101 1101110111101 101011010101 10101010111111 111101110111 1110110111101 101011011101 01100010011101 010101101001 1110110111101 101011010101 1101010101111 11100100001001 1111111111101 111110011111 0111101101 10100101100101 11111110111101 11101 11111110111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, then, as, bushmen, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word then is repeated.
The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines are 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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- summary of The Bushman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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