This is an analysis of River Bend by Banjo Paterson.
At River Bend, in New South Wales,
All alone among the whales,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaBcccB bbbBddcB aXaBeeeB
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 11010111 1010101 1011111 1110 0010111 10111101 10010111 1110 0010111 11110101 1010101 1110 11110101 1010111 1010101 1110 1011101 1011110 1011101 1110 1000101 1111101 11010101 1110
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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