This is an analysis of the poem Bush Justice that begins with:

A Dealer, bewitched by gain-promising dreams
Settled down near my Station, to trade with my Teams,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcddcee ffgghhbbXbii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001111001 101111001011 101011101101 011111111011 110001111001 111101111011 010011010011 11011001011 11011011101 10110101010011 010111110111 101101101001 101001011011 1011110011001 11111000101 111011001111 01110101111 101001111001 1010110010010 101011011011 111110101101 00101100100110 11111011101 111011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; my, to, i, for are repeated.

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