This is an analysis of the poem Flowering Eucalypt In Autumn that begins with:

That slim creek out of the sky
the dried-blood western gum tree...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aab cca XXd Xef dcg bhb dfe aeb dXh fagXbeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 0111011 01100110 011110010 11010110 111011101 0101111010 1111111 0110101010 101100011 0111011 1010010010 0111110 11111110 11011010 101011001 10011100 1011101 10100111 011010010 0011010011 1010111 11000111010 101010010 110110010 010110100 001010010 01010111 01000101 1110101000 0100100110 011001010 101011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Flowering Eucalypt In Autumn;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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