This is an analysis of the poem Wangled By The Wayside that begins with:

'Country blokes is kind,' he said,
And sat upon his swag... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
  • Stanza lengths (in strings):
  • Closest metre:
  • Сlosest rhyme:
  • Сlosest stanza type:
  • Guessed form:
  • Metre:
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, an', i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, an' are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word kind at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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