This is an analysis of the poem The Star Of Australasia that begins with:

We boast no more of our bloodless flag, that rose from a nation's slime;
Better a shred of a deep-dyed rag from the storms of the olden time. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdedff gghbbhii eeXjjkkjjiX ejedllififhfXeefff bXXeeeekii jjiihjjibiX biiiXkkXaiimjmjaaccieeXiiXaajjddff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,11,18,10,11,34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111011011100101 10010011100100101 0101011011100101 11101001110010101 0101011011010101 1100101010100101 1101110111100111 110110101 1101111 11110110110101010 10101011011101111 11111101011100101 0101001011100101 1101110101 00100101 1111101011110101 1011110111 1010110 10110111010010111 11101001011010111 1111101011110111 1101101001 1100101 1101001011011101 1100111010100101 1101001010101101 11010110100100101 11010111110100111 10101100001011111 11010010110100101 110010010111010111 10100100101 01100101 111110111 1110111 1111010111110101 1110101101110101 110110101 1100101 10111101011010101 1011110101 1100101 10101101010 1011111 00101111010101111 1011110111 00101001 0011101111100101 111101101 1100101 110010010110100100 1111011111010111 101001111011110101 111100101111111 10100101001010101 0100110111 00110101 1101001001001001 0101001011010011 01001001011100101 1100100100110100101 0111001011100101 010100111 01111001 1111001010111001 10111010001 11101001 1010110111 101001010 110100101 10100111 10100101011110101 111111111 10101100 1100101011101100 1010100111 11001110 110010011110111001 110100101110011 11101001010100101 1010100111 1101111 011110101 00111110 1110101111010101 01101001011110101 01101001111110101 11001001011100111 1011001001 10100111 0101101111010101 1010110101 10100111 10101001010011101 0111011010010111 0101001011110101 0101001010100101 11001001110100111 1011011011100111 0101001010011111 1101011010101101 1100100101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 467
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 107
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, from, and, to, in, that, all, with, for, fight, this, their, have, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who'll, shall, and, will are repeated.

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