This is an analysis of the poem In The Benevolent that begins with:

‘I’M OFF on the wallaby!’ cries Old Ben,
And his pipe is lit, and his swag is rolled;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbbc adadedeed dfdfbdbbd ghghbbbbb ghghidiid
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110100111 1010110101 1010111111 1111111101 1110100101 0010110101 1010110101 1010110101 111111101 1111110101 011010011 100110101 1010100101 100110101 1010110101 1010110111 1010011101 1010110101 0010110111 110111101 1011110111 10101101001 10110100101 1010100111 1110100101 1110101101 1010110101 1111110101 1111110111 1011111101 0011101101 1011100111 1110100101 1011110111 1010010101 10011110101 1011110111 1110100111 1111110101 1111101101 1110110101 11111101001 1010101101 1011100111 0010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 395
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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