This is an analysis of The Plains Of Riverine by Banjo Paterson.
I have come to tell you of the glorious news you'll all be glad to bear,
Of the pleasant alterations that are taking place this year.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccde ccfX ggfX ccfX hhfX ddfX hhfX bbfX iide
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111011001001110101 001010101110101 11010101110101 01001110010101 10001010100110101 11111101110001 10101101011010101 110101111100101 111001111010101 01010101110101 01110101010111 0010101010010100 110101001011101 10010111111101 11011101011101 10100010010010100 11001011101111101 101111101110101 111011101111010 1010101011010100 111010101011101 111010101011111 11110111010101 1101000101010100 101011100010111 101010100110101 11010001010001 101011101010100 1010101000010001 1010101011101001 011011101100111 11110101010100 1001011000101001 010001010001010001 101010001010101 100010101110100 1101000101011111 11110101010101 11111111111101 1110111100010101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, once, more, they, her, to
Anaphora
the
