This is an analysis of the poem Tambaroora Jim that begins with:
He never drew a sword to fight a dozen foes alone,
Nor gave a life to save a life no better than his own.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeecc ddffcc XXffcc eeaacc ggddcc hhddcc ggiicc jjjjcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11010101010101 11010101110101 11011101010011 11010001101101 11110111110111 01011111010001 11010100011101 11011101010001 1110101110111 11010111010101 11111101110111 01010001110001 11011101010001 11011101110101 11111111010111 11010111110011 1111010111001 11110101110001 11011101011101 01000101010100 11011101111101 11011111010001 1110111110111 11110101110001 11110101110001 11110101111101 11110101110101 11111101010101 1111111110101 11111101110001 110101010111101 11111101110101 1111111111101 110010111110101 11011111110001 11010101010001 01110101111101 1100011101011 10110111010001 1101111010111 11110101010111 11010001010001 11010111010101 010101101111001 11111101110101 11011101110101 11000101111101 11010101110001 11111111110111 11010100010101 10110111100111 11010111110111 11010101110111 11010111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 393
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (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, our, we, s, all, i, to, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, we, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same words we, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word jim at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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