This is an analysis of the poem Sunny New South Wales that begins with:
We often hear men boast about the land which gave them birth,
And each one thinks his native land the fairest spot on earth;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd b edfd bbggXhdd C eehhdddd C iiddffdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,4,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11011101011101 11110101010111 0101010111001 001101111010101 101010111111111 111111001110111 111010001111101 11010011110111 10 11011101 111101 110111111 010111 11110101111101 110101011101011 11101011111011010 1111110010101110 1111010111011 01110111010011 11101110110111 11011101010111 1011011 01110101010101 11010100110101 111111001011101 111101010101001 1101010010101 010101011010101 01110101011111 11010111110111 1011011 1100011011101111 110111001110001 11011101101111 1110010111110101 11011110111111 10110111010101 11010101110101 111011100010111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, land, our, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word wales at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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