This is an analysis of the poem Broken Axletree that begins with:
On the Track of Grand Endeavour, on the long track out to Bourke,
Past the Turn-Back, and past Howlong, and the pub at Sudden Jerk,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXccbX ddbX eeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101011101 101111101011101 111011111011101 10111110101010 101111101111101 101100101110111 101010101010101 11111110001010 101110101010111 101111101111111 101110101110111 10111010101010 101011101011101 101010101011101 111001101110100 10111010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, past, we, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words past, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word axletree at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Broken Axletree;
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