This is an analysis of the poem Eureka that begins with:
Roll up, Eureka's heroes, on that grand Old Rush afar,
For Lalor's gone to join you in the big camp where you are;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffcXffXXggbbddccddddddgghhdd XaahhXXcchhcXiihhcc bbhhjjddbbkkcXXbbhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,19,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11100101111101 11010110011111 11111101110101 11110101010101 0111010110111 00100101100101 1100101111100101 110011101011101 111111001011111 11111100010101 10011101010101 10010101010101 110101011010111 01110111011100 11010101110101 001000101010101 01000101110111 1101000101011000 010010101010111 010000100111101 110101000101001 010011101010101 010101010101001 001010101010011 10010111011101 010101101000011 01110101011101 011101000111001001 01010100011101 11111101110101 110001011111001 11000101010101 01010101111111 11010101010101 01111111010101 11011100110101 100101001010111 01011101110100 110101011111001 10111001011000101 11010111010101 1011111101111011 101111111111101 101010111111110 1001010101010100 01110001110101 11011101110101 10010101011101 11100000101010111 10101001011011111 1100101010101010 10110101010111 11011101010101 11001111110111 01011101010101 01100101010111 11010111110111 01010101010101 11010001110101 110110010101001 01011111010111 01110101110101 11110101101101 01010100010101 01011101010101 11010001110111 11010100011101 11011101111101 110010100010101 011001101010111 110011011100010 10110101111101 11101001110111 11111101010111 001100101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1171
- Average number of words per stanza: 216
- Amount of lines: 75
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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; for, many, that, from, and, of, as, land, side, we, to, arms, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, the, shall, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Eureka;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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