This is an analysis of Narrara Creek by Henry Kendall.
From the rainy hill-heads, where, in starts and in spasms,
Leaps wild the white torrent from chasms to chasms—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbbaXbXXXXaccaa ddaabbbX eeeeddbb fgaaaaXd ddaahhbX hhfgcchh hhiiaacciibbXXjjXbbiiaabb
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,8,25,
- Metre: 0010111011010 1101100101 0010110110010 110110111110 110100110100 010110011000 1010010011010 010010110100 110110010110 010011011010 111010110100 010111011010 110110110010 1010010011010 010010010010 010011110010 110110010010 1010010010010 010110110110 0101100110110 0010010010010 0100110100010 1011011010010 010010010100 100110010110 110111111110 110110011010 010110010110 0000011010010 111011110110 110010110110 1010010011110 111010110111 110110010010 111010010110 010010010010 110110010010 110011010110 110011110111 110110111110 011010010010 010010010010 1011010011010 110010010110 110010110110 110010010110 111110010010 110010110100 110011010110 010010110110 111110111111 1011111110010 0010110010010 011011011010 101111010010 110010010110 110110010010 010010010010 110111110110 011011010010 11111110110 010011010010 011110011010 0010111101110 1010010010010 1110010010010 111010010110 0010110110110 111010010100 010010010010 110110111010 110110010010 1010110010010 1101011010010 110110010110 1010011110110 110110110010 1010010111010 110100010010 1010010110110
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 80
Repeated words/phrases
from, of, and, thy
Anaphora
it, too, and
Anadiplosis
narrara
