This is an analysis of Australia Vindex by Henry Kendall.

Who cometh from fields of the south
With raiment of weeping and woe,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efef XXda gcgc hihi hjhj kiki didi lmlm lmlm ndnd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11001001 01001011 101001001 101101011 01101001 01001001 111001101 001001011 101011001 101011101 11001001 11001001 11001011 001001011 11011011 011001011 11011111 111001011 11101001 01001101 11011001 01101001 01001001 11011101 101001011 001001101 111001001 11101001 01001001 111001001 11011011 11111011 01001001 01101011 11101001 111101010 01111001 11001001 111011011 11101001 11101011 11011011 11111111 11011001 101111111 111111011 111101101 101111011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

and, of, her, thy

Anaphora

and, her, she, a, thy