This is an analysis of the poem Marshall's Mate that begins with:
You almost heard the surface bake, and saw the gum-leaves turn --
You could have watched the grass scorch brown had there been grass to burn. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb bbccddee bXffaaXX ggbbaa hhbbee aaeebbXiiijjeX bbggbb kkffff gXggXXddaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,8,6,6,14,6,6,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11110101110111 11110111110101 01010101111111 11010001110101 01111101111111 011011111110101 01011101110111 11011111111101 110010101110101 11010101010101 01110101111101 11111101110101 110101011111011 11010101110111 11111101011101 11111111010101 01010111111101 010101011111101 11110111110111 01011101110111 11011101111101 11011001111101 01010101010101 11010101110101 11110100011111 11110101111111 11010101110101 11111111011101 01010111011111 11111101111111 11111111011101 110110101011101 01111101110101 11010111010101 11011101111111 11011111111101 11011101111111 01011000111011 11110111111101 11111111110111 11111111011001 1101111110111 11010100111111 11110101111101 01110011010111 01010111100111 11010101010101 11111101010101 11110101111011 11111100111101 01111101110101 11110101111101 11111101010111 11011111010111 10111111111101 11011111010110 11110011111101 11111111010101 11111101110111 010101011101010 11010111110111 01011101110101 01010111101100 0101010111011010 01010101110101 01010111111101 01011111111101 01010101010111 10110101110111 101011101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (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; and, it, his, i, not, we, at, beyond, furthest are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, the, we, and, beyond are repeated.
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