This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Australia that begins with:
The centuries found me to nations unknown –
My people have crowned me and made me a throne; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb bbdd eeee ddcc bbff ggaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01001101001 11011111101 11001001111 01101011011 11101011111 11001011011 11111001001 11100011001 11011001101 11011001001 01011001101 11011011001 11111011001 11011011001 01111011101 01011011011 11111001011 01011001001 11011011011 11001011001 01011011001 11101011011 011111010110 010011010010 1110100100111 11101011101 01001011101 11011001111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; me, my, of, world, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, the are repeated.
The author used the same word by at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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