This is an analysis of the poem The Mother-Lodge that begins with:
There was Rundle, Station Master,
An' Beazeley of the Rail,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcXXX XXDD ceXeXfgX hdidgigi dfXfjcXc jkikikhX icXckdld ljcaaXXd XXDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 1100001 1101000 110101 1101010 110111 01110101 1110 11100101100 0110001010111 11010101110101 11110100110111 1101010 110101 1101010 0001101 11011000 101101 11000101 010100 110010 1111111 11101011 1110001 1101010 010111 11111100 101001 1101011 111111 111110 1010101 1111110 010101 11001100 0011101 1111110 110101 11010010 1111101 11110100 1111101 01001110 1010011 1111010 010111 1101010 0010111 1001010 0100101 11111110 0110111 1111110 110111 00101010 10111010110 1011001010 101010110 10100010 0110111 11100101100 0110001010111 11010101110101 11110100110111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', we, man are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word more at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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