This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of The Drover that begins with:
Across the stony ridges,
Across the rolling plain, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe Xgggbbhb Xaaacbhb aiaijaca dbabkjcj caaaagfX ldadchlX lifijbab gigiamam adjdkeXk Xbbgbjaca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 010101 1101010 110101 1101111 110101 1100111 010101 1111010 110101 1101110 111111 1101011 110101 1101111 110001 0101011 010101 1111010 011101 1100010 110101 1101111 110001 11011010 011101 1101010 010101 1101010 010111 0101010 010111 0100011 1101001 1111010 010101 11001110 110101 10101010 110101 1101010 011101 1001010 111101 1101010 110111 1101011 010101 0101010 010101 10101010 010101 1101110 1100101 0101010 1101110 1101010 011101 10101111 1100101 1001011 010101 1101010 010101 0101010 110101 1111010 010101 1111010 110101 1111010 011111 0101011 110101 0111010 011101 1111110 110111 1101110 110100 0110010 010101 1101010 010101 1111110 111111 0101010 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 221
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 89
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words across, and, he, the are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word tune at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Ballad Of The Drover;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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