This is an analysis of the poem The Old Bullock Dray that begins with:
Oh! the shearing is all over,
And the wool is coming down,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbcdbd efgfhibi XXcbXiai ebebfbXb ajhjeici chghdkhk blclmiXi anlnemXm cbgbXidX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100110 1010101 11101011 111101 1011111 1010101 00101010 0010101 1011110 11101 1111010 11101 101111 1010101 1111010 011101 1111001 110101 1111011 10101 110101 111101 011110 101101 1111101 1010011 11101101 110001 101111 11111 11111000 1010001 1101110 1111101 1110010 1010001 11101 0010001 0010001 0101101 111101 1111 10011010 11001 1001011 1111 1101001 110111 11111010 1110101 1010110 1101 11101010 110011 01111000 101101 10111110 011001 110111 0010111 1111110 010111 11111 11001 1010101 110001 111110 110011 110101100 00111 10001 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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