This is an analysis of the poem The Australian that begins with:
The skies that arched his land were blue,
His bush-born winds were warm and sweet,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a b a b c d c D d X d X d X d D d e X a b d b D f e f e g d gXD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 01110111 1101001011 010100101 011100101 011100111 11011111 01011101 01000101 11000101 01110111 010100100 11111101 010101100 01000101 01011101 11001101 01000111 110100100 11111111 11111101 010101011 11100101 01011101 10110101 11011101 11011101 10110001 101111001 11010111 11010101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 36
- Average number of words per stanza: 7
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words from, the, to are repeated.
The author used the same words from, the, to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Australian;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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