This is an analysis of A Mate Can Do No Wrong by Henry Lawson.

We learnt the creed at Hungerford,
We learnt the creed at Bourke;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaXcXdcXcXecXaaXadeXe
  • Stanza lengths: 24,
  • Metre: 11011100 110111 1100001 110101 11010101 110100 11010111 011111 11010001 110111 11110111 010101 11011001 110001 111010111 011111 11110101 110111 01000100 110111 11110101 111011 110100101 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

learnt, we, he, and

Anaphora

we