This is an analysis of the poem The Death Of Ben Hall that begins with:
Ben Hall was out on Lachlans side
With a thousand pounds on his head;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaa Xbccb cdccd efXef bebbe ghggh aaaaa ijiij gkggk eaeea eaeXa jajja alaal ibiib ajaaX ahaah hghhg ckcckXjijji
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 00101101 010100101 1010101001 0100101 11100100 1011110101 110011111 1111101101 01111101 011110101 1011101 1110100101 1010100101 10101001 010110101 1010101 101100110 1110101 00101001 1100110111 1110101 0011110101 111011111 10110001 1011100111 0110101 1010101001 1011101111 10111001 1011100101 1011101 110011101 110011101 1100111 1111011101 1101111 1111001101 101101010101 00100101 011100101 10110101 011111111 0110100111 110101 1110110101 10100111 10110111 010110101 101001001 11011101 1110101 1101100101 1110110101 1010111 1100110101 1010101 0010110101 1011100101 110101 111110111 101001010 1011111111 101011101 10101010 1101100111 10101001 1110011111 11100111 00101101 1011110111 1100101 1010111001 010100111 10100111 100111001 0011111 101011101 101010101 1011101 111111101 1011111 111010101 11110110101 1110101 111111111 11100111 101110111 111100111 1010101 1111110111 11101001 1010110101 1110100111 1111101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 95
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; their, his, and, on, in, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, the are repeated.
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