This is an analysis of the poem Australia's Pride that begins with:
Now Pat Ahearne, of Ingleburn
Upon the Castlereagh,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabbbX cbabdddX eaXaccca faXagXgX haXaiXiX jhghjjjh aaXakkka afffffff XiXillli kXcaccca feiejjjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11100100 010100 1101110100 110101 11010111 11110101 11010111 01010100 11111101 010101 11111111 010111 101010101 01010111 11011101 1111010 11011101 110101 0101010110 010101 11011101 11111101 01100101 111101 11110101 110101 010010100 011101 01111101 01100101000 11010101 011100 11011101 110111 01011101 110101 11011101 111101000 11010111 010100 01110101 110101 11011101 010101 110101001 011001101 01010111 011101 11110101 010111 11011101 110101 01010101 01011101 010011111 111101 01010101 010101 01010101 111111 11111101 11011101 11011101 01001 11010100 011001 11011100 010101 110010001 11110101 11011101 010111 11110101 010100 11001011 110111 100110101 11011010 11101111 010101 11111001 110101 11010111 111111 01110101 11110111 100110101 0101010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words at, it are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word castlereagh at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Australia's Pride;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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