This is an analysis of the poem The Emigration To New Zealand that begins with:

I’ve just received a letter from a chum in Maoriland,
He’s working down in Auckland where he days he’s doing grand,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbaX ccddaX eeffaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100010100 11010101111101 01010111110111 110101011111101 1110101011110101 11111111110100 11110101011101 11011100011101 11110101011101 11011101010101 110010101010111 111011101010100 110101001010111 11011100110111 10110101110111 1111010011101 11000111011101 11111111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 353
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (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; he, s, i, his, and, to, of are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word maoriland at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of The Emigration To New Zealand;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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