This is an analysis of the poem An Emu Hunt that begins with:

West of Dubbo the west begins
The land of leisure and hope and trust, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXabbcbbc bbbbb cbccb dbddX deXde feffX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100101 010101111 1011100111 110100101 00101010101 101010111 0011110101 110101101 110010101 110110101 1010101111 101010111 1010101110 1111100101 1010100101 1010111101 110011101 11111111101 11110100101 111100101 11100111101 011011111 10111111101 110110111 11101011010 011101101 1111110111001 1011111100 111100111 0011101101 110110111 111100101 1111110111 111110101 11111011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, he, with are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of An Emu Hunt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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