This is an analysis of the poem Bashful Gleeson that begins with:
FROM HER HOME beyond the river in the parting of the hills,
Where the wattles fleecy blossom surged and scattered in the breeze,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dada ecec fgfg Xdgd hihi ajaj gbgb dcdc ckck lblb dbdb mnmn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 001010100010001 101010101110001 101010101010101 101010101110101 111010101011101 001000101010001 001011100010001 101110101010001 111111101110101 1111111001010111 111010100010111 101000111011001 111010101111101 111110101111110 101001101110101 001011101011101 111100101011101 101111101011101 001010101110101 111010101010101 111011111010001 101010101010101 101010101111101 101010101011101 111110101111101 1110101011111010 101010110010111 1011111010100010 101100101010101 001010101110101 10111101110101 111011101111111 1010011101110101 101010100010111 1011010101110101 111011101110101 110010111011111 111110111110001 1010101101110001 111110100011111 101111101011101 1010101010010101 111011100010101 101010101110111 111111101111111 111110111011001 111010101010101 11101110101011 111011111110101 101010101011101 111000101110101 101111101010101 011010101110101 111011111010111 101001101111111 10111010111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (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; and, of, in, as, his, he, her, to, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and 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.
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- summary of Bashful Gleeson;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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