This is an analysis of the poem Anzac that begins with:
We know that you’re sportsmen, with reason,
At footer and cricket you’re crack;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXbXb cXcXdede fefegbgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110010 11011011 110010010 111101011 0010010011 11011110 010111010 111011101 111010010 01011011 1011011010 110010000 010010110 11111111 1101101010 111101011 111111110 01001011 110010110 01011001 111011111 110110100 0010010011 010110010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; your, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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