Cassidy's Epitaph by Banjo Paterson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Cassidy's Epitaph that begins with:

Here lies a bloke who's just gone West,
A Number One Australian; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcdXeXeadaD eXeXfXfD agagXdbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 0101010 11011001 01010100 11111101 11011000 01010011 01010100 010111110 01010100 01011101 11000100 11010101 11000100 01110111 11010100 11011101 0100100 11110101 11110100 11110101 11011000 01010101 11010100 11110101 01010101 01010111 01110101 11110101 01010100 11011111 010101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 63
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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

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

  • summary of Cassidy's Epitaph;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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