This is an analysis of the poem South Country that begins with:
After the whey-faced anonymity
Of river-gums and scribbly-gums and bush, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddc deed XffX ghhg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001110100 0101110111 1001010101 1100110 1001000101 0111000111 1101111101 1101010 1100110101 0101000111 1001011101 110101 11010100101 1011000101 1101100001 111011 11001011111 1001010100 1001110101 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
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- summary of South Country;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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