This is an analysis of the poem A Wool Fleet Chorus that begins with:

Fare you well, you Sydney girls, time for us to go!
The Peter's at the fore truck, and five thousand bales below,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb eebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111110111101 01010111110101 101010101010111 11111101010101 111010110011 110100110001 1010101101001 1010101010101 111111010101 111110111101 1010100011101 1010101010101 10110101110101 11101110101111 110010101010111 100101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Wool Fleet Chorus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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