This is an analysis of A Song Of Anzac by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis.

'When I'm sittin' in me dug-out, with me rifle on me knees,
An' a yowlin', 'owlin' chorus comes a-floatin' up the breeze…

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  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 51

Repeated words/phrases

me, in, days, singing, they, to, some, came, year, with

Anaphora

to, these

Anadiplosis

hears