This is an analysis of Toowoomba by George Essex Evans.

Dark purple, chased with sudden gloom and glory,
Like waves in wild unrest,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdcdcdebeb cfcfghgh
  • Stanza lengths: 16,8,
  • Metre: 11010101110 110101 11010111010 111101 11010101010 1000101 01010111010 0101 11010110010 1101001 1111001010110 110110 01011101111 110111 111110001111 110101 11011111110 111111 11110111110 111101 01000101110 100101 11110011010 1011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, her, thy