This is an analysis of the poem The Squatter's Man that begins with:

Come, all ye lads an' list to me,
That's left your homes an' crossed the sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddeaaae bbbe XfXe gggeaaae hhhhiiXc jjje eeeX iiXefffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,4,4,8,8,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 11111101 01110111 100101 11111101 101100101 1000110101 10111101 10010101 010011111 11010101 100111 11110111 01011111 011111101 100101 11010101 11010001 11011101 0111101 1110111010 111011101 1111001010 11101101 101110101 01111101 0110101001 1111001 111111011 11010111 11011110 010101 101111101 11011101 110100101 1101001 01011111 11110111 0110111111 1110101 10111110111 1110111 01110111 1010111 11110001 01010101 011110101 0001010 11101111 010010111 11011111 110111 111010101 01010011 0111101101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, i, ten, and, an' are repeated.

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word man at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Squatter's Man;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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