This is an analysis of the poem From An Outpost that begins with:
I've tramped South England up and down
Down Dorset way, down Devon way, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBccddB cBcBccXdB aBaBeeccB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110111 11011101 110010101 11011101 11011101 01010101 010101010 010101010 11011101 01011111 11011101 01010001 11011101 11011111 01010111 010101010 011101010 11011101 10111101 11011101 11010001 11011101 11111001 011101001 11111101 01111111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; down, way, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word way at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase down connects the lines.
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