This is an analysis of the poem The Wild Kangaroo that begins with:
The rain-clouds have gone to the deep -
The East like a furnace doth glow;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccccXbdBddB efeffgfgdbdBddB chchfcfccbaBaaB ihihjkjkXXhBhhB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111001 01101011 1010101001 11001101 11111001 101001001 11101011 11001001 11111001 111011001 101001101101 001001101 101001 101101 001001101 01011001 01101001 101001011 101001001 101011101 01011001 101101001 101110001 101011001 101011000 101001101001 101001101 101001 101001 101001101 11001001 10011001 101011001 101111011 1011011011 11011001 101101001 11001001 111101011 111101001 101011111001 001001101 101011 111001 001001101 111101011 01111001 101001011 01011001 101001001 01001011 111001001 11011011 101111101 111101010 111001000101 101001101 111001 000101 101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, at are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, we are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word kangaroo at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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