This is an analysis of the poem Old Town Types No. 25 - Black Peter Myloh that begins with:

A man was Peter Myloh, strong-browed and black of face,
Australian Aboriginal, son of a dark doomed race.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacc ddeeffgg hhaabbii jjeekkll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010111101 01010100100111 11011101110011 11110101010111 11110001110111 101010100010101 11111001111101 11111111111111 11011101011101 11010111010101 111111101010110 110111000111101 0101001011100101 00010101110011 11011101111111 111011100110111 11011101010001 11010101010101 01110100011111 11011111110111 11011101110101 11010101111101 11110111110001 1010111010111011 11111100011111 11010111110111 11111111101111 11010100110001 1101111111111 11010100010001 11110101110111 11101101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, for, and, him, i, that are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Old Town Types No. 25 - Black Peter Myloh;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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