Poem Analysis of The City Of Dreadful Thirst by Banjo Paterson for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem The City Of Dreadful Thirst that begins with:

The stranger came from Narromine and made his little joke--
"They say we folks in Narromine are narrow-minded folk. ... 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: aabX ccbb ddaX eXdd ffbX ddgg hhhh ccbb iiaa eedX XXiX hhbX
Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
Closest metre: iambic pentameter
Сlosest rhyme: couplets
Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
Guessed form: heroic couplets
Metre: 01010100110101 101110100110101 11010111110001 01010101110100 101010100110101 11000101110101 11000101010101 11010101011101 11010111111001 110101010111111 111101001011111 11010101010101 1001011101110001 10100101110101 10010101111111 11110100110101 101010101110101 01010101111111 11010111110111 01110101111100 101110101011101 11111101110101 01010101110111 111100001110101 11010101110111 10110101110111 0101111111111 01110101011111 11010111110101 11011101110101 01011101110101 11010111110001 101110101111111 11110101110111 11110101010101 01110101110101 101111101101101 11110101110101 01011101101111 110111011101010 11010100010111 11010101010101 10111110111011101 110100110101010 11010101111111 11011101110101 01110101010101 11010101010100
Amount of stanzas: 12
Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
Average number of words per stanza: 46
Amount of lines: 58
Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; narromine, in, of, cloud, that, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, but, and are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

summary of The City Of Dreadful Thirst;
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.

The City Of Dreadful Thirst by Banjo Paterson: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

More information about poems by Banjo Paterson