This is an analysis of the poem The Dominion Of Australia that begins with:
She is not yet; but he whose ear
Thrills to that finer atmosphere... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXccc ddbebeXc ddfefegg hhXfifbb iieae ahh bbbebeii jjdfdfXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,5,3,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111111 10110101 11000101 10000100 1101110 11100101 10010010001 01010100101 10111111 100011001 110101001 11010101 100100101 01100001 0101110010 0101010101 11011111 11010100 110010101 01010001 11011001 01000101 100100100110 10011100010 01010101 01010101 0110001100 01010101 110010101 01010001 0101010111 1101001101 11010101 11010101 1101001101 11110101 11011101 11000101 0111010101 1101111100 11111111 11010001 100010001 01010101 111100111 001101001 1111010101 01110010100 11011011 01010100 010010011 10010101 11011101 11110101 111100101100 1110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; our is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, a are repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word nigh at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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