This is an analysis of the poem The Australian Stockman that begins with:
The sun peers o'er you wooded ridge and thro' the forest dense,
Its golden edge o'er the mountain ledge looks down on the stockyard fence,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabb BBccc bbdddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 011101101110101 01011001011110111 11111110111 11111010111100111 0111001110011001 111111111111110011001 111111111111110011001 011001110101001 0101110100100111 010100100111 01010010111100101 10100101010011001 110111011100101 1101101011010111 01011010111 1111110010110100101 11010101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; looks, down, ha, chime, they, till, in, wild, goburra's, song, away, and, stream are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word till is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fence, song, swamp, frown are repeated).
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- summary of The Australian Stockman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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