This is an analysis of the poem An Australian Advertisement that begins with:

WE WANT the man who will lead the van,
The man who will pioneer.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefbebe aaaaghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110110101 0110101 111110100 1010111 111110111 0100101 0111100111 1110110 110011101 0110111 110110101 1010101 110110101 1100101 011110101 0010101 110111101 110101 110100111 110111 110100100 0011111 1100100101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; for, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Australian Advertisement;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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