This is an analysis of the poem Wide Lies Australia that begins with:
Wide lies Australia! The seas that surround her
Flow for her unity – all states in one. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacac XbXbbaba dbdbecec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010011010 1101001101 10110110010 1011011001 11010011010 1101001000 10011011010 1101011101 10110110110 1011001011 10110110110 1001101111 10010111110 011011010010 10010110110 11011111010 10011011010 1001101101 10110111010 1001001001 100111011011 1101101101 1111010111 1001011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, to, be, free, us are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words never, free, out are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase free connects the lines.
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