This is an analysis of the poem Pity Of It, The that begins with:

I. In South Africa
Over the lonesome African plain ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X AA bccXccbcbcbcccc dd AA e dD afecfebeacbfcef ggXdD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,15,2,2,1,2,15,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100 100101001 011111001 0101011011 10101101 0100100101 1 000101 1101 1101101001 110101101 110101011 1011011 110001 01001 01 010110101 1 110111111 10010101 100101001 011111001 100101 10011101 1111101101 110101011 1111001001 101101 1 111001 1001 100101011 100110101 111101 1111011 01001 1001 11 11001111 1 011100100 101110101 10011101 1111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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