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

Over the plains of the whitening grass
and the stunted mulga the drovers pass, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff gghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001001 1010100101 10011111 0010010101 111011101 10110111 110010101 10100110101 010111010 110111010 0100101011 1100110111 11100111 110100111 11010111 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, with, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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