This is an analysis of the poem An Australian Paean—1876 that begins with:
The English air is fresh and fair,
The Irish fields are green;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe cfbfgccc hgagcece icicijkj ccbchiii iclcclbk fmfmdnan jiciblbl cegechih mncnXlbl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 010111 01111101 110101 0110010 1101001 110001001 010101 1101110 1100001 01111111 110111 11011101 010101 11011101 110001 1111110 1011001 01111101 111101 11010100 110101 101111101 110001 1101010 110101 1100010 010101 1101010 0100101 10100010 0110101 1101010 1010001 101001110 1110101 1101010 111101 001011101 010011 1101111 010101 11011101 1010101 1111110 111101 11010101 1010100 1001010 1111101 11101010 1100101 01101010 0110011 10100111 0010011 01101010 0010110 01011101 010011 10101010 0010100 0101010 0010001 1101011 111101 11010101 011101 1111011 110101 10010010 0010011 11011101 110101 01011111 010111 1111010 0100001 1101010 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, though, her, we, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, though, its, yet, in are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase liberty connects the lines.
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