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

From the runs of the Narran, wide-dotted with sheep,
And loud with the lowing of cattle, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdccdbebe XcccbXXXXXdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001001011001 110010010 11101101101 1010110110 111010110110 11001011011 110010110010 110110110010 01011001001 101101101001 01101011111 111111001011 111001010111 01001011001 01001010 11101011101 1010010110 011110110110 11101011010 110110111111 111010110110 11111001011 111011001001 11011111000 101111101001 11101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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 is repeated.

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