This is an analysis of the poem Australia's Forgotten Flag that begins with:
Oh! the Cross of deepest blue,
With the bright stars shining through,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaAAa bbbaXXa cXcdddd eeefXff gggabba fffhhhh cccgGGg cccaAAa XeeeEEeXgggdeed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 0011101 1111111 10101010101 101 101 10101010101 1011101 1111111 1010011 00111010101 010 111 001110111010101 1010101 00101100 0010101 00111010101 101 101 10111010101 1010101 0010111 1011111 10101010001 010 101 101110100010101 1110101 1011101 1010101 11100010101 1110111 0011011 101010101010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 10101010111 001 101 10101010111 1010101 1110111 1110011 1111111010010 10010 10010 0010101010101110 1110101 1011111 0010101 10111011101 101 101 101111111011101 1010111 101011 1010001 10101010101 101 101 11101110001 1110011 0101101 1010101 00100010101 1110111 1010101 11111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; long, ago, whispered, still, and, in, wreathed, flowers are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words long, wreathed, echo are repeated.
The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ago, still, flowers, yet are 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 Australia's Forgotten Flag;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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