This is an analysis of The Lung Fish by Banjo Paterson.
The Honorable Ardleigh Wyse
Was every fisherman's despair;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcXdXdXdd cecebb fdfdgg eaXaXX hghgdX
- Stanza lengths: 12,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 01000101 110010001 11011101 01110001 11110101 1110111010 11011011 01111111 01011111 011010100 010010111 101111111 101000101 01110111 11010111 11110111 11111101 11111101 101111111 01010101 11010101 11010111 11010001 11010001 11110101 01010101 11011100 01010001 11110101 010101010 010000111 01110101 01000101 11000111 1000111101 010101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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