This is an analysis of The Road To Old Man's Town by Banjo Paterson.

The fields of youth are filled with flowers,
The wine of youth is strong:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdccd efefXfdffd
  • Stanza lengths: 9,10,
  • Metre: 010111010 010101 111101010 010111 11110101 111101 01011101 01011111 110111 11001101 110111 11010101 110101 11100111 010101 01011111 0100111001 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Anaphora

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