This is an analysis of How The Melbourne Cup Was Won by Henry Kendall.
In the beams of a beautiful day,
Made soft by a breeze from the sea,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcdedeXfXf gcgchihi jajafafa ekekdidi fafagcgc cdcddfdf jhjhhlhl
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 001001001 11101001 01001001 01101011 110010010 11101101 110010110 11101101 101011001 11001001 11101011 11011101 101111001 11101011 01011101 11001101 11011001 11101011 101001101 11011001 11101001 01001011 11001001 001101001 101001001 101001001 101101001 11101001 11011011 01001001 11101001 01001001 101011001 001011001 11101011 001001001 11111011 01001001 110001001 01011101 1010110101 11001001 11001011 11101001 11101001 11001001 11011001 101101001 11001001 001111011 01111001 110110101 1111011 101001101 01101101 101001001 001001101 11001001 001001001 11001001 01101011 101011001 001001001 01011001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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