This is an analysis of the poem Opening Hymn that begins with:

[Sung at the Opening of the Queensland National Society's Exhibition,
1876.]... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbabaacdc XedeeXXc bfbffcfc fXfeecbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100001110001001010 1 110101 1100101 11010111 0100101 0100101 110101 11111111 1101101 110111 110101 11010101 0100101 1100101 011101 11111110 0110111 110101 010101 01010101 0100101 1100111 110101 01010101 1100101 111111 1111001 11111101 1110101 010101 111101 11110100 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; what, hath, her, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, what, her, for are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines born, days, gold, hills are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word free at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Opening Hymn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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