This is an analysis of the poem A Walgett Episode that begins with:

The sun strikes down with a blinding glare;
The skies are blue and the plains are wide, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXdddee cfcfXc fefecc bbbbcc ghghcX XgXgcc XhXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011100101 011110111 010111111 110110101 010101101 00100101101 11010010000 011101111 1100110101 111110111 100110111 1110010101 010101111 1010111101 010100101 1010101101 101011111110 010100101 1100100101 0010111110 0100111101 1110100101 11101111111 0100100101 0101110101 1110101100 0011110111 1011011101 1011111101 1100100101 010100101 1010110101 11111101101 01001101001 101110111111 11100101010 111011110 11011111 110111101 1011100111 0111101101 00100100101 11101111001 10110100111 1110010110 11101101000 1111010101 10100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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  • summary of A Walgett Episode;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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