This is an analysis of the poem The Boss's Boots that begins with:
The Shearers squint along the pens, they squint along the ‘shoots;’
The shearers squint along the board to catch the Boss’s boots;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabBXcaA ddcc eeee ddff XXaa bbaa cccc ddbb aadd ccgg cchh Xccc aabB XcaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010101110101 0101010101011 11110101111101 11010101110001 01011101010100 11101111110111 11010111110001 1111110111011 01010101110011 110101111101111 11110111111111 1101110001011 01010101110101 11010101111101 11011101110111 11110101011101 11110101110101 1101011101111 11011111111100 1101011110101 11011111011101 11010101110101 11010101111101 1111010111011 11010111010101 01110101110101 11010111011111 11010111011101 110111011100101 110101111100101 11010101110101 110111010100001 1111011111101 0111010101111 11011000010111 11110101110001 110101001001111 0101011101011 11100101010101 11100111111001 11111101111101 1101110101011 01110101011101 11010101010101 11000100010111 11010111011101 11011101110101 11010111010001 11011111011100 110101001111101 11110101110101 1101110101011 01010101110101 1101010111011 11110101111101 11010101110001 01011101010100 11111111110111 11000111110001 1111110111011
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; they, to, squint, along, and, em, from, away, keep, he, s, his, bogan, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word boots at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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