This is an analysis of the poem Fogarty's Gin that begins with:

A sweat-dripping horse and a half-naked myall,
And a message: ‘Come out to the back of the run— ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabaccdXedddffgdgghhggiiiaaXjiee geegiebbeibcckdkjj dhhdkjccj jlljbjjbmmijjeejjj iaaeeacc nonokakakaaa ccoaaoaooggggXbbccgcccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,18,9,18,8,12,24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101101101 101011001001 01101111001 11111101001 101010011001 111101011001 101011101111 110011111111 01101011010 1110010010010 101101111101 001101011011 1010011010010 101011001001 101101001101 01001001001 1111010110010 11101101001 101101101101 01001101101 111001101101 101011001011 101001101001 1110010010110 110110010110 10110110010110 001011101101 101101101001 01101101100 101011011011 1011110010110 101011001101 110010110101 101101101011 1001101101001 001001101011 101011101101 10001001110 1001011010110 101101101011 11001011101 1010110110010 1101010010110 11011011101 101101001001 011001111101 1010111011010 101001001001 1110011010110 111111111111 111101001101 101101011111 0010110001011 101101011011 101001101011 1110010110010 111111101101 101101001011 101011001001 11001001011 111001111011 101101001001 11011101101 011111111011 101011101011 101011011111 11100011011 111011001101 111011011101 001001011111 1111111010110 01001111011 111011011001 1110110110010 101101010110 111101011001 011101011101 10101101111 1110110111010 11011111001 11011011011 1010011011010 010111110110 01011101101 101011111011 101011001001 101101111001 111001011101 111101011011 001011001001 1011011010010 11101101011 11111110110 11011011111 1011010011110 11011111001 101001011011 11101001101 11011011101 101001011001 111001001101 0010111010010 101011011001 111011101111 0111011111110 01010011011 101011111101 011111001011 101111101001 101001001001 101001011011 1011111011010 10111111001 11101001011 1011011110010 1010011110010 110010011010 111111010110 11111111011 101101001111 011011010111 111111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 910
  • Average number of words per stanza: 170
  • Amount of lines: 122
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, of, in, we, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

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

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