This is an analysis of Araluen by Henry Kendall.
Take this rose, and very gently place it on the tender, deep
Mosses where our little darling, Araluen, lies asleep.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeXbbff gghhiibbccXddffeeaacc
- Stanza lengths: 15,21,
- Metre: 101110101010101 10111010100101 101010101011111 111011101010001 001101101110101 101011100010101 101010101010101 111110101110111 100011101111101 101011101010001 1 1011010101010101 10111001111101 101011101010101 101010101010101 111111100011111 111010110011101 111111101110101 100010101000101 101010101010101 101001110010001 10101001011100 011011101011101 101110011110101 011011101010111 111110111011101 101010101010101 101111101010101 101000101010101 111111111110111 111110111111101 110111101011111 101110101110001 1111101010100010 1010111010101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 35
Repeated words/phrases
to, other, we, of, you, your
