This is an analysis of the poem The Dying Stockman that begins with:
A strapping young stockman lay dying,
His saddle supporting his head;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdedXebe XdXd XdXd Xdad cdaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110110 01001001 011011010 111101011 10110110110 11011101 1010111011 001101001 10110100100 11001111 10010111 11111111 1011010010 11111111 110110110 01101001 101010010 1011111 1010110010 001001101 10010010110 101001001 1110011010 001110101 1010010011 101111001 101011110 0110010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, me, i, of, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word below at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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