This is an analysis of the poem Marsupial Bill: Part Second. that begins with:

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FAST flew the hours. We may not tell... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbdbXefXfgfXcXahfXXigdgcgXgXXgdXdgXXcacgcXajkjbjXXhlXcXXXamahaXXdXdadXXndniXjnXddXdbXXdbhbXbXcdgdXdXjhXhahbXbhbhXdojoiXXcdXdbXgdbdXnogoooXikfXdXXdbmbabhhpheXeXXfibifiXjndndnXqdcdcdXcoqogoXlcicgcXfblbebpbXghXhdhXgkdkqk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 220,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101111 010101 11011001 111101 101100111 010100 1 0111001010 010101 11010100 110100 11010100 010101 1 01010100 01010 11011101 010101 11010101 10010 1 01110111 110111 10110101 011001 11101100 101101 01010101 101101 1 11010100 110111 111100101 111110 11010011 1100011 1 1111010 111101 01110100 110101 01011100 010101 1 01001111 110101 01011111 111001 01010111 010101 1 1111100 1001111 11111101 11110 1111111 110100 1 10011101 1000111 11110101 111111 11111111 110111 1 1101111 110101 01110101 110101 110101001 011111 1 110110100 110011 110011101 011111 11111101 111101 11011101 110111 1 101100101 111101 01010101 1100101 10110100 010010 1 11011101 110101 11111111 110101 1110100 110101 1 01110101 010111 11010101 110101 01110100 110101 1 110111001 010111 0101000 111111 11000100 110111 11010101 010010 11010101 110101 11011101 100101 1 10111101 010101 01110101 111011 11110101 01010010 1 11000101 110101 11011100 010101 11110101 010100 10011111 111101 01010111 010101 1 11010001 010111 01010101 111011 10110101 110101 1 11110100 110101 11001101 011111 01010111 01111 1 11000101 100101 110010101 110101 01010111 001100 1110101 0011101 11111010 1011101 10101010 10101110 11101010 1110110 1 11011001 1101001 10011100 010101 11010101 110101 1 110100111 010101 11110101 010101 01011101 110101 1 11111101 010101 11111101 010001 11111101 010101 1 11011111 010001 11110101 110101 11010111 110101 1 01010101 110101 01010101 010010 11010111 010101 1 11110111 1101010 11011111 0100001 110001010 110101 01011100 010100 1 11010011 011111 11010001 110101 11100101 010111 1 11111101 010101 10100111 010101 01010101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5863
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1087
  • Amount of lines: 220
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, him, nor, little, he are repeated.

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

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