This is an analysis of the poem Jim The Splitter that begins with:
The bard who is singing of Wollombi Jim
Is hardly just now in the requisite trim... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeffe ffXggh ggbiib jjbggb ddckkc Xgjllj mmgnng ggmoom aahmmX ppajja XjXaah ffXqqe ggbaab jjcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01101001001 01011001001 011010010 01101001101 11000111011 11010010 11011001111 001011011101 111011011 01001011001 1010010010011 0010111011 11001001001 101011001001 110110110 11010001001 11001001001 1101100010 111101001001 11001011001 0011010110 010110101101 01001101001 1010010010 11011001101 01011001001 110010110 11111001001 11001101001 010110010 01000111001 11001101001 111010010 01001111001 01011101001 110010010 01001111101 101101101001 110010010 11001011011 11001001001 111011010 11011011001 001011001101 111110110 11001011001 101011001011 0010111010 11101011001 01101001001 010100010 01011001001 11011011011 011010010 111001011001 11010001001 010110010 11001101011 111001101001 110010100 11101101001 101001101001 0010010011 101001001001 101111001010 110010111 101001111011 11001011001 010010110 11001001001 11001101001 110010010 11011101101 01001001101 100010010 11001001011 01001011010 011010010 01111001001 10001001111 010010110 01011001001 11011011011 111010010 11111001011 11011011011 010010010 11011011011 001101011001 0010010110
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 90
- 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; and, he, of, to, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, his, in are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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