This is an analysis of The Rum Parade by Banjo Paterson.

Now ye gallant Sydney boys, who have left your household joys
To march across the sea in search of glory,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede X cfgbdgcgdXgX fhchaegh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,1,12,8,
  • Metre: 11101011111111 01010101010 11101011111101 101010101010 10101011010101 110101010010 11101011110101 01010101010 10 10100010110101 101001100011 1010001011011 10101011010 10100111111101 101110101010 110111101110101 111110111010 10100011011101 111010111010 10100010110011 111010111010 11101001010101 1100001010100 11111011010111 1110101010100 11111011110101 110111010010 10111111110011 11010100010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

he, and, to, we

Anaphora

and