This is an analysis of the poem Bonnie New South Wales that begins with:
It surely cannot be too soon, and never is too late,
It tones with all Australia’s tune to praise one’s native State,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddbbXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010011110011 01011001011101 11111101010111 11001101110111 11110101111101 11010111111101 11111101111101 11110101110111 01001101011101 10111111110101 01110111110101 11011111110111 11010100011101 11001101011001 110101111100111 11011111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 324
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, i, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word wales at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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More information about poems by Henry Lawson
- Analysis of Introduction – A Glimpse Of Boyhood
- Analysis of Second Class Wait Here
- Analysis of Foreign Lands
