This is an analysis of the poem The Melbourne International Exhibition that begins with:
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Brothers from far-away lands,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbaXadedeabab X fgfgfcfcecec X HaahhiihH HjjhhiihH X bkXkfbfb bbbbcdcd a iiXiddjjXfll a mamaXaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,1,12,1,9,9,1,8,8,1,12,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1001011 1001001 1111111 0011001 1001001 1001001 10010010 0011001 1011011 1011011 1101001 1101011 1001011 1001011 1001011 1011101 1 100100100100 1001001011 1011001101000 1001111001 000101100110 1001010001 101101110110 1001001001 110100100101 1001011001 101100101101 1001001001 1 11100001 1010101 1010101 1011001 1010101 1010111 1011111 1011101 11100001 1110001 1010101 1011101 1010101 1111111 1010101 10011001 0011101 1110001 1 11010111 011111 11010101 010101 11110101 1101001 01101011 001101 11010100 0101110 11110011 1101010 11111111 111111 10010101 111101 1 11011101 110101001 110101100 01110101 01011101 111101001 01010111 01010101 11110101 01110111 11110101 01110001 1 010010110010 01111011001 110011110110 11011001101 010110110100 11011011111 110110011010 01001101001
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 93
- 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; of, and, or, to, thee are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, whose are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ago is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ago at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Melbourne International Exhibition;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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