This is an analysis of A Sweltering Day In Australia by Mark Twain.
The Bombola faints in the hot Bowral tree,
Where fierce Mullengudgery's smothering fires…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb XXXX XXXX XXaX cdcX dede dbdb bXbf gcgXc XfXf fXfXXfafa
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,9,
- Metre: 01001001101 111000010010 10010010 11011101010 11000010001 101001001000 101001101100 1100100100 0100110100 101001001010 10100100100 11001011000 0101011100 11001011000 01001110001 1111110100 01001001001 01001001001 11101001001 11101111100 01001011001 01000011011 010010001111 101001001001 001001001001 01001001011 101010001001 001001110001 1100100101 11001001001 101001101001 101001101001 10010011011 1000100001 11001 1000100 101010001 10001111000 10010011 01000001100 11001101 100011011011 001010010 100010001111 001111101 10001100101 101001011 10001000100001 01101111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 49
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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