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

Years fifty, and seven to boot, have smitten the children of men
Since sound of a voice or a foot came out of the head of that glen.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccXXddbbbb eeffddgg bbhhgggg iiaaeejjXggcccccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101100111001001 1100110111001011 0101100111011001 10110100101101001 11001101011001001 1100110111001001 10110110111101101 1100110111011011 0101100101101001 001001001101100001 01101001001001001 11101001001001001 00101101101101001 0110100101101001 11011001101101001 1110101111101101 01001101101001101 111001001001011001 10100100101101001 10100110111001001 001001001001001011 10110100111001001 11001001001011101 1100100101001001 0110101101011001 11101001101001001 11111101001001111 0100101101011011 0100100111110010 01101001101001101 11101001001011001 11001001101001001 1100100111001011 00100101111001001 01011001010101001 0101101101001001 111010010001011001 0100100101011011 1110100101101101 10111101111011011 0010010011110011011 0100101101101001 001001001101101101 101101001101001001 11011001101011001 101001101001001001 10110100111011011 101101101101101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 664
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, there, no, with, and, at, in, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Cooranbean;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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