From The Bush by Henry Lawson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem From The Bush that begins with:

The Channel fog has lifted –
And see where we have come! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcd ededffgf AhfhAbiB hfhffiaiXebgBided
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110 111111 1101110 010001000 0111011 111111 0111011 111101 0101111 0010101 11101111 010101 1111110 110101 1111010 111101 1111010 111101 1101011 010101 1111010 110111 1111110 110101 00100010 110101 001010010 110101 01010011 110101 1111110 111101 1111010 110111 1110110 110101 1100011010 111111 1111011 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of From The Bush;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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