This is an analysis of the poem The Guile Of Dad M'Ginnis that begins with:
When M,Ginnis struck the mining camp at Jamberoora Creek
His behaviour was appreciated highly;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaab cbcccb XXddXb XbXXXb dbXXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101110001 010010101010 111110101010111 111010100010101 101010100010101 01101010010 101110001111101 101011101010 101000101110101 101010101010001 101010100010101 1010001110010 1101110111001010 101010111011 111011010010111101 11101010011111101 1010101111101010 11101010010 10001001010010101100 10010101011010 10110101011101010 1011110100101010011 10110101011111010 10101010010 10011001010111101 11101010011010 10110101011101010 10010001101010001 1001010100010111 101010100100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 369
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; and, said, he, you are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word riley at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Guile Of Dad M'Ginnis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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