The Wattle by Henry Lawson: poem analysis

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

I saw it in the days gone by,
When the dead girl lay at rest, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb XaXa dbdb Xaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000111 1011111 101010101 110101 11000101 111111 1101010 110111 11010111 110111 11100101 110101 11101110 111111 11010101 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word i 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 Wattle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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