This is an analysis of the poem When Rody Came To Ironbark that begins with:

When Rody came to Ironbark, there spread a hectic glow
around the little township - a dozen years ago,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeff gghh bbee iibb iiXbhhfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100110101 0101010010001 10110010110101 101001010011111 11011101110101 01010101010101 11110101010111 11110101110101 11010100110101 11010111110101 10111101110101 1001011101110101 11010100110111 11010100111101 1111011111111 11111101110101 11010101111111 11110111110101 11111101111001 1101110010100 00101010110101 11110010010111 1101010110101 1101110111101 11010100110011 01011101110101 1101011111100 11111010111101 0111110111111 10111010010101 101110100001101 110101011000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of When Rody Came To Ironbark;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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