This is an analysis of the poem The Federal Bus Conductor And The Old Lady that begins with:
Now 'urry, Mrs New South Wales, and come along of us,
We're all a-goin' ridin' in the Federation 'bus. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddbb eeddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010111110101 11010100010101 01010111110101 11010101111111 01010101110101 11010111011101 11110101110101 11110101010111 11110101111001 11111101111101 11111111111111 01011101010101 11110101110101 1101010000110011 01011101111111 11011101111111 11011101110101 11011101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 550
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, all, to, harm are repeated.
The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Federal Bus Conductor And The Old Lady;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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