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

The Morning Star paled slowly, the Cross hung low to the sea,
And down the shadowy reaches the tide came swirling free, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbddbbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 01011100111001 11010010011101 01010100010101 10010100110001 1001010100101 01010010101101 10111010100111 111011101010111 1010010010010111 1010011101010101 0101010100101 0110110100101 10100111111101 1101010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 830
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Australian Sunrise;
  • central theme;
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