This is an analysis of the poem The Flour Bin that begins with:
By Lawson's Hill, near Mudgee,
On old Eurunderee – ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaaa bcdcebeB ddXdfded fgXghifi XaXaXccc cgcghXgB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 11100 0111101000 1010100 10101010 110111 00111010 110101 110000010 111101 1101110 111101 1111010 111101 111101011 0111011 1001010 111101 1100010 111111 1101010 110111 11010101 111100 0111110 0111001 011110 110101 1100010 110101 1101010 110101 1010111 111001 101101100 110101 10111010 1010111 110100000 010101 0111010 011011 1001010 110101 1111111 01010010 10111101 0111011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, 'twas, we've, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'twas, we've, the, it are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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