This is an analysis of Jock by Banjo Paterson.
There's a soldier that's been doing of his share
In the fighting up and down and round about.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcXddeedXX fefegdgd ffeeXeef
- Stanza lengths: 15,8,8,
- Metre: 10101010001 00101111101 10100010111 11101001101 0111110001 1011110101 11111010001 111101010110 10111 10101111101 1110111 1011101 10101011101 1101011010101 10110 0100111111 0111110111 0101110001 1100110111 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 1101111111 10111 01101010111 1010101 1110101 1001010101010 1010101 1110101 001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 31
Repeated words/phrases
and, he's, their
Anaphora
and
Epiphora
jock