This is an analysis of the poem O'Toole And Mcsharry that begins with:
In the valley of the Lachlan, where the perfume from the pines
Fills the glowing summer air like incense spreading;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX efefcXcX ededcdcX gdXdcdcX ededcdcX aaaacdcX hbhbcdcX cacacdcX hbhbcdcX gdgdcdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001000101001001 101010110110 101010101010101 101010101010 001100101011101 111110111110 0111111110101 1010101010 1101110101110101 111010100010 111010110010111 11010111010 1010101010000101 010000101000 10101110110101 10101010010 111110101010001 111110100110 111010101010101 101011101010 101010101110111 111011101010 111010111010001 11101010110 111010101010001 111010101010 11111010111011110 111011110110 10111010110101 1111111101010 101110101110101 11101010110 11010101111101 11010101010 1110101010111 111010101010 111010101110101 11110101010 001010110010101 101001010010 101011101111101 101010100110 111011101110111 111110101011 111010111011101 011011100110 11010100010001 10101010110 111110101110101 101000111010 111110101110101 1100110101010 101010101110101 101111101110 001000100110101 1100010010 110100010110111 001010101010 1010001010010101 111000101010 101010111011001 110111101010 101011001010101 11101110110 111011101011101 101010110110 1011101011101 111010101010 111010101011001 111111111110 11010100110101 10111010110 101000101010101 101110100110 110110111110101 11010111010 11000100011101 101010101010 101010111010101 11100010110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 441
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, so, they, she, mcsharry, to, of, he, with, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is 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 mcsharry at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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