This is an analysis of the poem A Letter To The Front that begins with:
I 'ave written Mick a letter in reply to one uv 'is,
Where 'e arsts 'ow things is goin' where the gums an' wattles is -... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaX bcdXeXff gghhaXaa ccbbiicc jXkkkkdd ddlleell eekkaajj mmiillnn aXllllcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111010100010111 111110101011100 111011101011101 111111100100111 101110110010110 101111011110111 11011101111111 101010101010100 111110111011101 111011111110101 111011101110101 11010111011111 111111001101101 101010101011101 01010101110101 01111101111101 101010101010001 101100101011100 111011101110111 101110100111001 01011111110011 1001100110111 11010101110101 01011100111101 01110101110111 11011101011101 01111111011111 01110101111101 00011101111111 01010101010101 11010100110101 11111101101111 111010101111111 11110101011101 101111111101111 1100010111101 1111111110111 11110111101111 11011101111101 11110101011101 11010101111101 10010101110101 10010101111111 11010101111110 11011111111101 11111111111101 1101111011101101 11110111110101 11011101110101 11010101110101 01011111110101 101010101010101 11010101110101 01010101010101 11010101110101 11010111110111 11110101110111 01011101010101 01011111011111 11011101110101 01010101110101 101100101011100 100111001111101 0101110011101 01011100110001 01010101111101 110010111010111 01110101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (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; i, to, or, yeh, an', o', in, we, wot, fight are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words uv, an', the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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