This is an analysis of the poem Marsupial Bill that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabaca Xdcacec Xeafaga Xaahaia Xe abaga Xjkbklm Xafafbf Xbcacnc XbeeeXe Xgj fjbj XbkXkok Xjphpbp Xbjfjbj Xncjcqc Xcfj fbf Xdqeqgq Xljhjrj Xhklkjk XqbkbXb Xagjg rg Xggaggg XXdjdgdedgdsdadjdad Xagdgjg Xdj Xjtjbjgj Xrdcdbd XjXhjXj Xubgbgb Xajgjaj X ahghah X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,2,5,7,7,7,7,3,4,7,7,7,7,4,3,7,7,7,7,5,2,7,19,7,3,8,7,7,7,7,1,6,7,7,7,7,2,5,7,7,7,7,3,4,7,7,7,7,4,3,7,7,7,7,5,2,11,7,7,7,2,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01011110 110111 01110001 011101 01011101 010111 1 01110101 11011 01010111 110111 10010101 010101 1 01111101 010101 11111101 011001 11010111 010101 1 11010101 010111 01011101 111101 11111101 010101 1 11110101 010101 110101001 110101 11010101 010101 1 11110111 111111 01011101 110001 01010101 000101 1 01110100 111100 11111101 010101 10010111 0101001 1 01110111 110101 11110111 110101 11011101 010101 1 10110111 100111 111111001 111101 110111000 011111 1 01010101 110101 01111101 010101 11111101 010101 1 11111101 010101 11010110 110101 11011101 010001 1 01110111 010101 01111101 100101 11111101 010101 1 11011101 010111 01010111 110111 110101001 010101 1 110011101 110101 11010001 011111 01010111 1111001 1 110011111 0100101 01011101 010001 010100011 010001 1 0101010001 011111 11111101 010111 01110101 010111 1 110101001 0101110 01010100 110101 11011001 111101 1 110010100 010101 10110101 110101 11010101 110001 1 01110101 111110 01110111 010101 11010111 010101 1 01011101 1100101 10010101 010111 11011001 011101 1 11010101 0101001 01010101 0100111 11011101 110101 1 01010100 010011 010100001 110101 01010001 0101001 01010111 011001 11110111 011101 11010110 010001 11010101 100101 11000101 110101 11100101 110101 1 111110101 1101001 01010101 110101 10010111 0111001 1 111011101 110101 1111011 010101 110111001 1101001 011101101 110101 11011101 110101 1 11111001 010101 11010101 110111 11011101 110101 1 100010111 010110 11111101 010101 01010110 010101 1 11010001 010101 01001001 010101 01011111 110101 1 01010101 010101 11110111 010001 11010001 01011 1 10010101 010111 11010101 010001 110101001 111100 1 11010001 010111 111100001 010101 10011101 0101 1 11010101 0100101 11010101 010101 11010101 110001 1 11111110 111110 11110001 0100111 11010111 110101 1 01011001 010101 11011101 0100101 11110101 110101 1 11010111 110111 11110111 110011 01000101 0101001 1 11111111 0100111 11110101 110001 10101100 111011 1 110100111 110101 11000100 011111 00010111 110011 1 11110101 010101 11110101 010101 01110100 110010 1 11010101 011111 11010101 110011 11010111 011101 1 11010100 110101 11010100 110001 111100001 110101 1 11110011 11111 11010110 010001 11000101 110101 1 11010001 110101 10010100 111111 10010100 111101 1 010001000 010010 100100100 010101 10010111 010111 1 00010111 01110 01000110 0011001 01010100 11010 1 00010001 110101 01010001 010111 100101001 110101 1 11110101 011100 11110111 110101 01010101 1101001 1 11010101 111101 110111001 110011 01010101 111100 1 111100101 110101 111101001 010101 10110100 010101 1 11010111 011111 01010001 010100 1101011 111010 1 11010101 1101001 01010101 1100101 11110101 110100 1 11010101 110111 11000100 110101 11110100 110101 01111111 110111 111111111 110101 1 11010100 010011 11010111 110101 11011001 101101 1 11010100 1101001 01000100 011110 01010101 110111 1 11011101 111101 11010001 110101 11011101 111101 1 11010101 010101 11110001 0100001 11010111 010011 10010111 010111 1 01011101 010111 10110101 010101 11011100 110101 1 10010111 110101 11010101 110111 01000100 010011 1 11111001 011111 11010101 110101 11010100 110111 1 11011101 010001 11110101 111111 10110101 100100
- Amount of stanzas: 69
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 428
- 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, no, thing, his, some, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words through, nor, so, a, no, his, to, and, the, they, for, my, we, your are repeated.
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