This is an analysis of the poem Albert Down Under that begins with:

Albert were what you'd call “thwarted”.
He had long had an ambition, which... ...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede XXeX XfaX aXga Xhih jkik eheh lgjg gfkf iaka elil Xmkm leee iaca lnkn XkeXXkaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011110 111110101 0011110010 01011001 1011011011 01101101 1011011011 01011010 1010011110 101001101 1111010010 11101100 110010110 111101111 110010011 101101000 111110011 110110110 110010010 11110001 010011011 11001001 1110111010 11111001 111010110 11001011 111111110 11011001011 1111010110 11101101 110010010 101011011 011110010 111111101 1011111010 10001011 0100110110 10100101 0100110010 001110011 1111111010 111101011 110010010 11011001 110110010 111101001 111010010 11001001 110110110 11101001 1011111010 11101101 010110010 11001001 1110110110 101111101 111010110 11001111 0011111010 101001001 010010010 11110101 110010010 111001001 110111010 111101001 11111111100 001011111 111010011 10001011 1111010110 10101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 18
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, he, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

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

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