Over The Ranges And Into The West by Henry Lawson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Over The Ranges And Into The West that begins with:

Let others sing praise of their sea-girted isles,
But give me the bush with its limitless miles;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eebb ffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011011101 111010010010 101001010001 001011111001 11111001001 001101011101 11011101011 101101011001 111001111111 101111101001 101011011101 111001010001 01001111001 101101001001 1111101101101 11111101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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