This is an analysis of the poem Brought From Beyond that begins with:

The magpie and the bowerbird, its odd
predilection unheard of by Marco Polo ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa Xabc bXcd aXeX Xdab bbbX XXea aXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010001 101001011010 1110110100 111 01010100101 011101010 0101000101 110 1110001010 0010100010 010100010 100 100101110 10001001100 111000101 010 11010001111 1000110 0101010011 011 0101100010 0101010101 0101010010 101 0101001000 1001111100 110101001011 111 10101001010 111010100 0100110101 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Brought From Beyond;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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