This is an analysis of the poem The Squatter Of The Olden Time that begins with:
I'll sing to you a fine new song, made by my blessed mate,
Of a fine Australian squatter who had a fine estate,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaB ccccB ddddbeXXebXeeeeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101011111111 00101010110101 11111101010001 11010101010111 10101010100101 01011101111111 11011100010111 11010111110111 110101000100111 10101010100101 11101010110101 11110101110101 100010100111011 11110101111101 10111010100101 11010101010101 01010101111100 01010100101011 11011101010101 01110100100101 11010111010111 11011101111100 01010101010111 111110101111101 01010100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 375
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, his, fine, and, all, to, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and 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 all is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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