A Singer Of The Bush by Banjo Paterson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem A Singer Of The Bush that begins with:

There is waving of grass in the breeze
And a song in the air,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 101001 101001001 11101 101001011 1010001 011101101 101111 101101101 101011 11001001 01101 11001001 01011 111001111 101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 word and is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word sing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Singer Of The Bush;
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