This is an analysis of the poem Yarra Flats that begins with:

A spieler came to Yarra Glen upon the Yarra flats;
He wore a suit of noisy cheeks and something cute in hats.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbba ccddddc bbXedde ffgXhXg ggaaXXa XfXXXXX XXhhffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101010101 11010101110101 11010111 11111101 0101 0101 111101 11010101010101 10010111010101 11010101 11000101 0101 0101 110101 11010101111101 11110011110001 10110011 11111101 1101 0101 010111 11110111110101 11110101010111 11010111 111101010 1111 1101 010101 11100101011111 11010101111101 11111111 01111101 1001 1111 011111 01010001111111 11010101111101 11010111 110010111 1111 1101 010111 01010101010101 11011010011111 11010111 11110111 1111 0101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, but, the, he's are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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