This is an analysis of 39 by Henry Lawson.

I only woke this morning
To find the world is fair—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abCbCdXd DDDB Xefefbdb DDDB ghghaddd DDDB ddgdfiXiXdDdB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,8,4,8,4,13,
  • Metre: 1101010 010101 1101110 010111 1101110 111101 0101011 010111 11001010 010010 11001010 001101 0101110 010101 0110011 010111 1100110 110101 1110010 011111 11001110 010010 11001110 001101 0101010 010011 1101010 010101 1101010 110111 1110010 1101001 11001010 010010 11001010 001101 0100010 110101 0100110 110101 1101110 101001 1111001 111101 11001010 010010 11000110 001101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

forties, in

Anaphora

a, the

Epiphora

forties