This is an analysis of the poem The Legend Of Cooee Gully that begins with:
The night came down thro’ Deadman’s Gap,
Where the ghostly saplings bent... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcbbdbd efdX eebe bcXc ghih bdgd ihhh fafa XeXe bdjd jkck elbl dXem XXbm gdldXbaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01111101 1010101 01011101 0100101 11110111 1011101 1110000101 1110111 01110111 11110111 111011110 111101 011100101 1010101 110010101 010101 011110101 1100101 1011100101 1011111 10101101111 1011111 11101010 0010101 111110101 1100101 110101001 00110110 11101001110 0100110 10111100101 1111101 110111111 10110101 111100101 010101 110110101 1011111 1111110101 1100101 111100101 1100111 101110101 0100101 1010111101 1110111 110100111 1100111 11110101 1000101 101001110 10100101 1100100101 1011111 0011101101 0111111 11111111100 0100111 1100111101 0110101 101100101 01101001 1110110101 0101101 11101101001 11001011 0100100101 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, e are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The author used the same words the, we, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Legend Of Cooee Gully;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Henry Lawson
- Analysis of The King [ I ]
- Analysis of The Horse And Cart Ferry
- Analysis of The Black Bordered Letter
