This is an analysis of Old Mates by David McKee Wright.
I came up to-night to the station, the tramp had been longish and cold,
My swag ain't too heavy to carry, but then I begin to get old.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ccddcc eeffcc ggggcc ddaacc aahhccXccddcc
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 11101001001101011 11111001011101011 11101001011010011 1001010110110001001 11111101011101001 111001111011111111 101111011011101101 11011001001001011 11011001101111001 1110011110111011001 11101001010101111 11101111011111111 11101101011001001 11111001011101101 101011111011101101 001010001011011001 11111001001101001 11101001111111111 11101011011001101 01011111011011011 11110111011001001 01010111011001001 11101001011101100 11011101011111111 11111101011011001 110111010001101111 11011001111011101 11011001001111101 111001101011001111 1110100101111111 1110100111011101 11001011101101111 11011101011001101 00101011011101011 101011101011111100 101111001101111111 11111111011011011 1010011010101101100 110101110101011011 110111111101111001 11011011011101011 0111111110111111111
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
to, i, and, on, we, as, my, bloke, he, me, it, you
Anaphora
we, i
Epiphora
me