This is an analysis of the poem Coomera that begins with:

THERE’S a pretty little story with a touch of moonlit glory
Comes from Beenleigh on the Logan, but we don’t know if it’s true;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBCX ADED AFGF GCHC AIJaBCX ADED AFGF GCHC AIJICX ADED AFGF GCHCXAIJI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,7,4,4,4,6,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101000101110 101010101111001 1110101010011110 101010101010110 1011101010110010 111011101110101 1010101010111010 111010100010101 1111101000111010 101010100010101 1010111011101110 111010101110111 1011111011111010 111010101110001 1110111011111010 101011101010101 1010111011111010 101010100010101 1010111010111110 11111010111011000010101000101110 101010101111001 1110101010011110 101010101010110 1011101010110010 111011101110101 1010101010111010 111010100010101 1111101000111010 101010100010101 1010111011101110 111010101110111 1011111011111010 111010101110001 1110111011111010 101011101010101 1010111011111010 101010100010101 1010111010111110 111110101110101 1110101010011110 101010101010110 1011101010110010 111011101110101 1010101010111010 111010100010101 1111101000111010 101010100010101 1010111011101110 111010101110111 1011111011111010 111010101110001 1110111011111010 101011101010101 1010111011111010 101010100010101 1010111010111110 111110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, o, we, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Coomera;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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