This is an analysis of the poem The Far Future that begins with:
AUSTRALIA, advancing with rapid winged stride,
Shall plant among nations her banners in pride,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aABBcCXA ddeeffXa eeaaddXa aABBcCXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01001001011 11011001001 01001001101 11101011001 01101001001 110110001001 01011001110 01001011001 01001011101 11011001011 01001011001 11111011010 11011001101 10011011001 11001001010 0100010011001 010010010001 01011001001 11011011101 01011011001 01011001001 01101101101 1101011001 001001001001 01001001011 11011001001 01001001101 11101011001 01001001001 110110001001 11011001110 01001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; has, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, when are repeated.
The author used the same word australia at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word world at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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