This is an analysis of the poem A Morning Song that begins with:
The thrush is in the wattle tree, an', 'O, you pretty dear!'
He's callin' to his little wife for all the bush to hear.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbcX ddeeXb ffccff aagghh ggiijj jjkkgg llgghh kkkkff Xacckk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01000101111101 11000101110101 11010101010101 11010101110101 101010010101 01010101011101 01000101110101 01011100110101 11101110110110001 11011101010101 101010011110 11010101110001 100000101010001 01010101110101 01000101010101 0010101110101 11110101110101 11110100100111 101110101011101 11011100010101 01110101010101 11100101010101 10101010111 111010101110001 01010101110101 11010001110101 11110101010101 01010101010101 101010111111 11011111111111 11100101111001 11001101010100 01010111110101 11011101010011 101010111101 11011101110101 11011101111101 11110101110101 110011101110101 11010101111101 101010111001 111010101110101 11010101010101 01110101011101 01101101110101 11110100010101 101010111101 11010101111101 11000101011101 11000101111111 001101110101 111011101110101 101010100011101 10011101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; to, his, i, friends, mornin', an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he's, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of A Morning Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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