This is an analysis of the poem Australia's Men that begins with:
THERE are some that go for love of a fight
And some for love of a land,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb acXc ddad XbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1111111001 1111001 1110100111 1110101 010011101 1100111 101111101 1111111 111100111 1110101 1010011111 10111001 1111001000 1111011 1101100101 10100111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; some, for, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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