This is an analysis of the poem Toolangi that begins with:
He was obviously English, in his Harris tweeds and stockings.
And his accent was of Oxford, and his swagger and his style... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cded XeXe eaea XXfc Xaea geae eaaa hihi fgXg cafa Xjfj eXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110001000101110 101110101010101 10111100101010100 111010100011101 11011001011101010 1010111101011101 1110111010100010 111011101111101 1111111011101010 111010101110101 111010101110110 111010001010101 1110010010101110 101010111010101 10100111010101110 111001101100101 00111010101010100 101110101010101 1110101100101110 1010101000101010 1010001011101100 1010010101010101 1111111010101010 1110010101100101 1110101010101010 101010101010101 1110101010100010 111110101010101 1111101010100110 1100010101110101 1010101010101010 101010101110101 1011101011111010 111010101011101 1110101000101010 111010101010101 1010101011111010 101010101110101 1111100101010010010 111011111111101 1011110011101110 1010100101010101 1010101110001010 001011101100101 1110111011101010 101110101010101 1011001010101010 101010111010111 1010110010101110 101010111011000 11101111010111110 1010101111001010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (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; and, his, he, her, cursed, club 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 Toolangi;
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