This is an analysis of the poem The Stringy-Bark Cockatoo that begins with:

I'm a broken-hearted miner, who loves his cup to drain,
Which often times has caused me to lie in frost and rain.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabC CCC ddbc eebc ffbc ddbc ddbc dXbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 00101010110101 1101111010111 10010101011101 110101010101101 10101101 10101101 110101010101101 111101010100101 11010101111101 11110010110100111 10111000100101101 0111001010100101 01110101010111 011100010110101 111110011110101101 110111010101101 010111011101001 0111001011110101 11001011110101101 11011101110101 11011101111111 101101011100101 110111010101101 11100101111101001 11110111011111 01111101111111 111111010101101 1111110110101 111101010101111 011011101111111 1111101010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, stringy, bark, cockatoo, of, he, and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, he, the are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cockatoo is repeated).

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

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  • summary of The Stringy-Bark Cockatoo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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