This is an analysis of the poem Who's Riding Old Harlequin Now? that begins with:
They are mustering cattle on Brigalow Vale
Where the stock-horses whinny and stamp,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efeffdfd gggghdhd ihihhdXd hjhXkdkd ijijbdbd hihildldXfhfhidid
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111001011001 101101011 111101001111 011101011 101011111011 00111001 111001111001 101011001 101011101111 001001011 111001111001 011001101 111011101001 101111001 01011111101 011011001 111001001101 111001011 01011011001 111011011 101011111001 11011001 111111111111 111011001 01001001001 1100101 111111011001 101011011 111111101111 111101111 011001011110 001011001 101001111011 111001111 1001001111001 111101011 1110001001111 101011111 01101111001 001011001 111111111001 111011001 111001111011 111011011 101001101001 111011111 111101011111 111011001 11100100101 101011001 101101001001 111011001 01001011101 111011001 111101101001 111011001 01101111001 01111001 111001001110 011011011 101001111001 101101101 111001001101 111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; as, and, of, would, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word do is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word now at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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