This is an analysis of the poem Old Mates that begins with:
I came up to-night to the station, the tramp had been longish and cold,
My swag ain't too heavy to carry, but then I begin to get old. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccddcc eeffcc ggggcc ddaacc aahhccXccddcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101001001101011 11111001011101011 11101001011010011 1001010110110001001 11111101011101001 111001111011111111 101111011011101101 11011001001001011 11011001101111001 1110011110111011001 11101001010101111 11101111011111111 11101101011001001 11111001011101101 101011111011101101 001010001011011001 11111001001101001 11101001111111111 11101011011001101 01011111011011011 11110111011001001 01010111011001001 11101001011101100 11011101011111111 11111101011011001 110111010001101111 11011001111011101 11011001001111101 111001101011001111 1110100101111111 1110100111011101 11001011101101111 11011101011001101 00101011011101011 101011101011111100 101111001101111111 11111111011011011 1010011010101101100 110101110101011011 110111111101111001 11011011011101011 0111111110111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 73 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, and, on, we, as, my, bloke, he, me, it, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, i are repeated.
The author used the same word we 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 me is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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