This is an analysis of the poem The Old Stockman's Lament that begins with:
Wrap me up in me stockwhip and blanket,
And bury me deep down below,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcBdedefgfgXhXh ieieiXib ijijXaka ijXjijij gegeikikXididabcB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110110 11011101 101111011 001101001 1110110110 111011011 111001110110 111101001 1110010010 110111010 0010101010 0111010010 1010010110 101011011 1110011110 011101011 1110010010 01011001 110010110 001011111 1010111110 111101011 1110010010 01111011 1010011010 11111001 1010011010 11001101 1110111010 110101101 1110010010 01101001 110011010 11001101 1110110110 11111001 111011110 1101010001 111010110 11011111 110011010 11101101 1010111010 01011101 110110010 11011001 0011110010 01101001 1011110110 11001011 1111110010 101011111 11100100110 11011101 1011010111 001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, and, ve, i, of, he, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of are repeated.
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