This is an analysis of Frogs In Chorus by Banjo Paterson.

The chorus frogs in the big lagoon
Would sing their songs to the silvery moon.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXX aaXXddXX ccccXdXX eeff
  • Stanza lengths: 10,8,8,4,
  • Metre: 010100101 1111001001 10100101 1100110101 110010101 110100111 011100101 1110111111 1110 101010110110 010100101 100101101 10111011010 1111110100 1011100101 1010110011101 11100 1010101101100 011100101 1110101111 11010111 1110111101 1111001110 1011111101 1110 101010110110 010101111 110100101 110100101 1010110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

croak, coke, that, work

Anaphora

how

Epiphora

croak, coke, work

Anadiplosis

croak, coke, work