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The Man from Snowy River
Banjo Paterson · first stanza · ★★★★★ line difficulty varies
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About this poem and its difficulty
Australia's best-loved bush ballad opens with a runaway colt and every crack rider in the district.
Average line difficulty 4 of 5, graded by syllable count (more mouthfuls, more stars). Syllables are estimated from spelling and can be one out for names and unusual words.
Each level hides a fixed share of the words in every line, from none at level 0 to nearly all at level 5. The blanks are the same for everyone at the same level, so a teacher can set “Sonnet 18, level 3” as homework and the page marks it: right answers go green, wrong ones show the poem's word beside them.
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About the difficulty stars
Difficulty is graded by syllable count from spelling, with no pronunciation dictionary. It is usually right for everyday English and can be one out for names and words said two ways. It grades the poem's lines, never you.