This is an analysis of A Dirge Of Joy by Henry Lawson.
Oh! this is a joyful dirge, my friends, and this is a hymn of praise;
And this is a clamour of Victory, and a pæan of Ancient Days.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddee ffgg ccbb hhaa
- Stanza lengths: 10,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1000101111000101 10001001001010101 01010010110100101 1110011011110100101 10100011110101001 101111111011111001 111101001011111111 101000010110101001 111101001111110101 11001011011111111 111101001011011101 101001111100110111 1110010010111110111 0010011010011100111 11110100111111101001 11011011011100111 111010100111001001 1110100100111011001 11011011011101001001 11001101001011011011 101101001001001001011 10100110100111101001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 22
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, this, my, on, i, dance, grave
Anaphora
and
