This is an analysis of An Anthem For The Australasian League by Charles Harpur.

SHALL we sing of Loyalty
To the far South’s fiery youth?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abCbdcdc eefcfaee afCfdgdg
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1110100 00111001 111010 01000111 01011101 011101 01110101 010100 1011100 1110101 1000101 11101 1010101 1010100 1111111 10100101 1110100 0011101 111010 01000101 01010101 0100111 01010101 1100001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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