This is an analysis of the poem Jack Dunn Of Nevertire that begins with:

It chanced upon the very day we'd got the shearing done,
A buggy brought a stranger to the West-o'-Sunday Run; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXXXX XXaacXXXX ddeecXXXX ffffcXXXX ggffcXXXX hhggXXXXX XXXXcXXXX aaeecXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010101110101 01010100011111 11011101111111 11110101110101 110101011101010 111101010101000 110100 110100 11010111110100 110100011110100 11010011110101 10110111110101 10110101110101 010101011111110 11111101010100 110100 110100 11011111110100 10011101111101 11011101110101 11010101111101 11111111010111 111101110100010 11111101110100 110100 110100 11110101110100 11011101010101 01011100111101 10110111010111 11010101111101 111101010101010 010101111101000 111100 010100 110101010101000 11111010011101 11011101010111 11010001011101 11010101110101 111101011101010 110101101101000 110100 110100 111111111101000 01011001010101 11110111111101 11010101011101 11111101111101 110101111111110 11110101110100 110100 110100 11111101110100 11010101110110 11010101111111 01110101100111 10100101111101 110101011101010 11110101110100 110100 110100 110101011101000 11010101011101 10010101110101 01011100010101 01110101010101 111101010111010 11010101110100 110100 110100 111101010101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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, dunn, jack, in, i, nevertire, ' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, there, i are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines nevertire, ' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words nevertire, ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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