This is an analysis of the poem Eureka that begins with:

Stand up, my young Australian,
In the brave light of the sun,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacdeD ffgfhgXg aaiafcic faXaXdjd fjjjjjjj aajaXcXc aahaklbl kcdcjgjX idkdghgh bcXmXbdb ahahjaja khXXjdhd ngfghbfb mcccmXlX aajaXgag jlglhnkn jhjhifkf jlXlfbgb aaaaagXg Xcgcaaga fgXghhkh ijhXihkh kbfbXaga hbfbaXmX jhihiaia hgkgdjmj aamakhdh dbgbmhkhXmhm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 0011001 1111010 10011111 0110111 1000001 0100010 1010101 0110011 1010101 1111111 0010100 1101010 010111 1111010 010001 1100010 1011101 1101010 0011110 1101010 1110101 0101110 0110111 1101010 1110001 1011110 1111101 1111110 0110101 1111110 0010101 0100011 1111101 1101111 0111101 1111010 1111111 1101110 1111111 1101010 0010100 0101110 1110111 1101010 1110101 1101010 10100001 1101011 1010001 11011011 1110001 1101110 1110101 1111110 1110101 11001010 0010111 1111001 1010111 1111011 1110111 1101110 1111111 1101110 110101 0101010 1111111 1101110 0110101 1101110 1110011 1101110 1010101 0111110 1011100 1101100 1111111 1101001 1010011 1101110 01100101 11010100 1110101 1101110 1010001 10100110 1110101 1101010 1010101 1101110 1010010 1101110 1111101 1101010 1010101 1101011 1011111 1101011 1010101 1101010 1010111 1111010 1010101 0111110 10101100 1111011 1010011 1101110 1110111 0111010 10010100 1100110 1011001 1100010 1110101 1111010 1011101 1111010 1111101 0111010 1110001 1111010 1111101 1101110 1110101 0111110 1010111 1100111 1010101 10101011 10100101 1001110 1010101 0100010 1110101 11011010 10101111 0101110 10101011 1111010 10010101 0111010 1010101 1101010 1010100 110010 1010001 1001010 11100101 0101010 0010101 1100010 0010101 1101011 1011111 1101010 1010101 1111011 1010111 1101110 1010101 1111110 1111101 0101010 1010111 1101010 1010101 1100110 10101001 0101100 101001100 0101110 1111101 0111010 10100111 0101110 1110101 0101010 1010001 0101110 0110111 1111010 1010101 1100110 1110101 01001110 1010111 1101110 1010011 1101110 1110101 0111011 1010111 1111010 1110111 1101010 1011001 1101110 1110101 0101110 1010101 1111010 10100101 1101011 1010011 1101110 1010101 1111010 1011111 1111010 1010001 1101110 1010101 1111111 1111001 1111001 1100101 0100011 1111101 1101110 1010111 1111110 1011101 0101010 0010101 0101110 1010101 1101010 0110011 0100001 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 232
  • 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, us, they, for, it, who, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, for, we, fired are repeated.

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

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

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