This is an analysis of the poem Cameron's Heart that begins with:
The diggings were just in their glory when Alister Cameron came,
With recommendations, he told me, from friends and a parson `at hame'; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXX aaXccbb dbbbbee ffeebb gXedegXX XffhhbbXaabbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,6,8,14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001011011001001 010010111011010110 11101001011001001 01111111001011001 01001101001101101 101111101101011110 111111111011011001 11111001001001001 1111110010 11001001 10011001011101001 11001101101101001 110010110101101001 11101001 111111001 11011011011001001 11001001111111011 11101011001001001 01101111001011101 01001101101001001 010001001011011101 01001110011001001 01011101111001111 11001011011101001 11011011011001001 11101111001001001 11111001111001001 11001101111001001 11101011011001001 01011101 101001111 11111001011001001 1111110100 1111111 110011110 11111111 11011011101001001 01001101111011011 11001111001001001 11001101011011011 11001101001011001 11001001001001011 11101011011001001 11001011011011001 01101011001111011 11011010111001001 11001001001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 379
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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; he, and, his, of, in, i, it, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, and 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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