This is an analysis of the poem Music In The Bush that begins with:

O'er the dark pines she sees the silver moon,
And in the west, all tremulous, a star;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab abab cXcX dada cece dfdf bgbg eheh dbdb aeae iaia ececXhehe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011110101 1001110001 1101110101 0111000101 1101010101 11111101101 1101010001 1101011111 0111010011 1101110100 1101010111 1101010100 1101010011 0101101101 0101010101 1111010101 1101111101 0101010001 1101010101 1101010001 1111110001 1001011101 1001011111 10001111100 1101011111 1101010101 1101010101 1111011101 0101000101 1101010111 1101110101 0111010001 1101010101 1101010111 1111010101 1111011101 1101111101 0101011011 0101010101 01001100101 0111010111 0101110101 1101011101 1101110001 1101010101 1111010101 11010011101 1101011101 1101011001 1011011101 1001110101 1001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, she, sees, of, song are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, she, a, only are repeated.

    The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Music In The Bush;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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