This is an analysis of the poem Bendigo that begins with:

A golden maid whose golden voice
Calls to the northern lands,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabbbb cdccXeed dcddcffc egeegaXg hchhcXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011101 100101 01011101 11001101 110001 01010011 11110101 100101 111101001 011101 11010101 11010101 010110 11110101 01010001 110101 11011100 010101 11111001 11011101 0100101 11010101 11010111 1100111 11011001 011001 10000111 10010001 0100110 10110001 010101000 110101 01010111 010101 11100111 01010101 110101 11110100 11011111 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.

    The author used the same word she 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 Bendigo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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