This is an analysis of The Federal Bus Conductor And The Old Lady by Banjo Paterson.

Now 'urry, Mrs New South Wales, and come along of us,
We're all a-goin' ridin' in the Federation 'bus.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccddbb eeddbb
  • Stanza lengths: 12,6,
  • Metre: 11010111110101 11010100010101 01010111110101 11010101111111 01010101110101 11010111011101 11110101110101 11110101010111 11110101111001 11111101111101 11111111111111 01011101010101 11110101110101 1101010000110011 01011101111111 11011101111111 11011101110101 11011101011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

you, all, to, harm