This is an analysis of the poem Leichhardt that begins with:
LORDLY harp, by lordly master wakened from majestic sleep,
Yet shall speak and yet shall sing the words which make the fathers weep!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXcddee ccffgghhcc iiddeebbXc ccgghhhhee hhddiiXcbb ggcchhjjcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011101010000101 111111101110101 101010101010100 111010100010000 001010101010101 101011101010101 111010101011101 100010101001101 101111101010101 101111101110001 111011101010101 101000101010101 0100111010001001 001010101010101 111000100010101 101010101010100 101100100010101 101111101101101 111111111100101 111010101100101 101110101001101 101010101010101 101110101110101 101110101011101 111010101010101 101010101011101 001100100010101 1010101010101001 1010111010101000 111110111010001 1010101000101001 11111010101001001 111011101110111 111110101110101 101010101110101 001011101100101 101010101100101 101110111011101 101010101111101 101011111110001 101011101011101 1011101101011111 001011100110111 001110101010101 101110101000101 011010101010101 101010100110101 0010110001111001 101111101011111 001111110010001 111111111000111 101010101010111 100110101011101 0010101000101001 101010101010111 1011101011101001 1111101011101001 101010101010001 1111101111101010 1010111110001010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
- Average number of words per stanza: 120
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; yet, with, of, him, in, and, by, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thus is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase name connects the lines.
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