This is an analysis of The Ballad Of G. R. Dibbs by Banjo Paterson.
This is the story of G.R.D.,
Who went on a mission across the sea…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaa bbb ccc bbX ddd bbX eee fff ggX XX
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,
- Metre: 0001001 1110100101 0111101111 011110101 1111010101 1010010100 11100100101 11100110111 110100101 10010111101 11100100101 11001111010 111111101 1011110101 10101111001 1110110111 10101111001 01010111000 11100100101 1110100101 101101101001 1010101111 1010110111 1010111101 10010100101 0010111101 10110101100 1010111111 1111110111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 29
Repeated words/phrases
be, to, and, his
Anaphora
and
