This is an analysis of the poem Colonial Experience that begins with:
When first I came to Sydney Cove
And up and down the streets did rove,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ddXX eeff ggbb hhbb aaee iibbXbbgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101 11110101 11111101 11111011 10100010 0100010 0100010 010111 00011101 11110101 010111010 010111010 11000111 11010111 11010101 11010101 00101111 01110111 01011101 01011111 01010101 01010101 1110111 1110101 01010101 11001101 11010011 1111101 11110101 11111111 01111111 01111101 10101110 11110111 01010101 11110011
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; i, it's, in, morning are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it's, a are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines morning is repeated).
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- summary of Colonial Experience;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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