This is an analysis of the poem 'The Lone Wolf Of Canberra' that begins with:

A man without a party, he
Knows nought of obligation... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccX aXXdeXed bfbfgggf hghgbbbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 1101010 01011101 1101010 01010011 01010101 11010001 0110000 01101111 1110110 10010100 1111010 11011101 11111001 110011101 0100010 11011101 1011010 11011101 0111010 11010101 11001111 11011101 0101010 111011111 1101010 11111101 0101010 11110111 11010111 01010101 0101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; most, and are repeated.

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

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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