This is an analysis of the poem Australian Federata that begins with:
AUSTRALIA! land of lonely lake
And serpent-haunted fen;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcacdeXedbab bdedXfXf adgdXhch eagaaaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 110101 100101010 1101001 11111110 1010101 001010101 010101 01010101 110111 11010011 010101 101010011 110111 101010101 110001 11010101 110101 01011111 010101 11110100 010101 01110011 110011 10010101 010101 01010101 011101 11010001 010111 10110101 010101 11011101 010101 10010001 1101001 110010001 1010101 1010010101 1010011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 40
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, the are repeated.
The author used the same word then 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 Australian Federata;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
