This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Federation that begins with:
As the nations sat together, grimly waiting,
The fierce and ancient nations battle-scarred,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcX adadeceX afafgagXc efef hbhb gbgb ebeb abab bfbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101010 0111010101 1101101110 10111010101 101001111010 101110001 10110101110 00100100110 11111100110 0010010101 1011100010 010010001 1011101010 11101010101 11110101010 11100011101 11110111110 0010010111 101111111010 111010101 111000100010 1111111101 111011110010 1111010101 100010010 10100010110 1110110101 111111101010 10101010111 111010101110 001010101101 111011101110 1111010011 111011111010 11101111101 111110111010 101111000011 11111111010 1011110111 101010101010 1011010001 11100101110 01110011 00101101010 101110111 101010101010 1011110111 0111100010 1111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 49
- 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; and, her, she, they, but, we, for, us are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hath, they, was, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' 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 Song Of The Federation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Banjo Paterson
- Analysis of On The Road To Gundagai
- Analysis of John Gilbert (Bushranger)
- Analysis of Flying Squirrels
