This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Old Bullock-Driver that begins with:

Far back in the days when the blacks used to ramble
In long single file ’neath the evergreen tree,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcbabaXdXd babaeded fgfghchc Xcfccici eieicfcf cjcjiaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011011010 01101101011 01101011010 11011111001 111111110010 11001101011 110111010110 11101011101 011110011010 11111111001 111010010010 1101010101101 1110010011000 01110011001 110010110010 11011111001 110010110010 110111011001 110111010010 11011011001 110010010110 11110001001 110010110110 111011001001 111011010010 11111001001 11011001010 11001001001 110011111010 01101011101 110010010010 11011001001 111011010010 11101001001 110110110110 11001011001 111010010110 11011101101 010111011110 01001101001 110111011110 010101101101 11011001010 11011001001 11011001010 11001001101 111010110010 11101001011 111011011110 11001111111 110011010110 11011011011 111111110011 010011011101 110111111010 11001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 457
  • Average number of words per stanza: 87
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • 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; in, our, from, we, and, of, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, and, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Song Of The Old Bullock-Driver;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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