This is an analysis of A Motor Courtship by Banjo Paterson.
Into her presence he gaily pranced,
A very fat spark, and a bit advanced.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabb bb bb bb cc bX bb cX bb dX ee aa cX ff dd eX
- Stanza lengths: 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Metre: 0001011010 0101110101 0010110111 11111001101 111010101 010100101 0101101101 01101111 011100101 1100101101 100011101010 11001001010 1010111001 111011111010 100101010010 11011011110 101110101010 01001110000 10111011010 0111011010 101001110010110 11110011000 11101001010 1010111011010 10100111101 111101101 1011101111110 111011111000 00100101101 111111101 1101001010 1111011010 10101001010 110011101000
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 16
- Lines: 34
Repeated words/phrases
he, and, you