This is an analysis of the poem The Dog Guard: An Australian Story that begins with:

There are lonesome places upon the earth
That have never re-echoed a sound of mirth, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccdd eebXffeeggbX hhiijjkkXX eeggcckkdd ggllbbeejjccbX ggffccggff ggggggee jjmmnngg ooccmmddgX jjmm bbeecc bbddffdd ddbbff ccggcc ppbbccgg kkeeggddccaabbdd ccggppddpp ppbbddcc mmbXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,10,10,14,10,8,8,10,4,6,8,6,6,8,16,10,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1110100101 11101100101 1010011111 10100100101 1110100101 110110101 1011100101 0100111001 101011010010 101011001010 1010110101 1110101111 1011101101 1010100100 101010111 101010101 10101111001 0010010101 1011010101 0110110101 1111111101 11100100100 10111011101 1111110101 01110101111 101001001001 1101011101 11111001001 11101011001 001001001001 1010101100 111111100 0100100111 1011110111 1010101101 1011110101 00101100101 101001001001 1010110101 1011100111 10101110101 10100100101 110111101 11100100111 00100111111 011011101001 1000110111 101101111011 10101111101 01100101101 0010110101 1010100101 11100111110 1110010011010 101101111011 00100100100 11100111111 1011101111 0010100101 001110101 1011110101 00101111001 11101111001 10101011111 1010011111 0110111101 1011110101 11101101111 1010110111 0101110111 10100110101 0011110101 101001111001 101001011011 1011101101 11111001001 101011101001 1111111001 101001001101 001001010101 101010011101 101001101011 101010010010 10101001010 1111111111 1111100101 0011110101 1110101101 11100110111 11100111111 11101110111 0111100101 101001111001 1010100111 101110111 1110100101 111100111 10101100111 1111110101 11111011011 1010001001001 11101100111 10111001001 10100110101 00110100101 1011111101 1011011111 0011110101 101111000101 0010101101 111111010101 1111101101 11101101111 10100010101 11101101101 1100011101 111101110110 0011100101 0011101111 00110100111 101001001010 11001001010 1010010101 111110101 1010100101 1011100101 01101110101 00111101001 11100100101 10101111001 0010101101 0110100101 1011100101 1010101101 1110110111 10111110111 1110100101 1010101111 01101110111 1010101101 10111100101 10101101111 101001011101 01110100101 00100101111 00110110101 1011111101 111001101001 10101101001 10101110101 1011110101 1011100101 10100110101 1010010101 11100110101 11101001101 11001011011 1111100101 10110110101 1111101111 1010110111 0010100111 0010111111 0111111100 101000100111 11000110101 1011110101 01101101100 1110111101 01100100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 414
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 170
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, but, of, as are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word rottenest at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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