This is an analysis of the poem The Mountain Splitter that begins with:

He works in the glen where the waratah grows,
And the gums and the ashes are tall,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXbc dbdb dada caca dada eded fgfg hbhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001101001 101101011 11111001001 101010001 11001011001 111101101 010110110101 101101001 11001001011 001011101 01001101001 001101001 11101101101 101011011 01001111011 111011001 11101011001 11001101 11101001001 001101011 01001011011 101001111 101001111001 101001001 11101101101 101101001 11001101101 001001101 01001011001 11011001 010101101001 101001011 01001001101 11001011 010011001101 101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of The Mountain Splitter;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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