This is an analysis of the poem Bill The Bullock-Driver that begins with:
The Leaders of millions, the lords of the lands,
Who sway the wide world with their will... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac dede Xfff acac ghgh afaf eiei eeee jaja cbcb dkdk afaf gfgf ajaj eheh faXX cece flfl fafa ejej dmdmXabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001001001 11011010 11011001011 11101011 01001011001 11011001 1101101100 11101001 01011011011 11011101 10001001001 01111001 110010110100 11001001 01011101001 11101101 11011101001 101001011 11101111001 101111101 11111101011 11001001 11110100101 11101001 01101011101 10001001 11001001011 001011011 01001111001 01101001 01011011001 001101001 101001101010 01001011 01111001001 01001011 01101101001 11001011 101011101001 101001011 01011001001 111011001 1010110010101 11000101 01011001001 111001001 11001001001 01111101 11111001011 001111011 11101101011 101001001 11011010101 11001101 11101101011 101101001 01111101101 01011001 11011101001 11001001 11001101001 01111001 101101110001 001111101 001001001001 001001001 111111010101 11101001 11001001011 01001001 11101011011 11001001 01011001011 11110001 11011001000 101001001 11101001001 11011011 001011101001 101001001 11001001001 00101101 111101001001 111111001 11111111001 01001001 101001101001 101101001 11101101011 0010010001 11001001001 001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 92
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of, as, his, he, and 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.
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