This is an analysis of Above Crow's Nest [sydney] by Henry Lawson.

A BLANKET low and leaden,
Though rent across the west,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefaaaa bbbbghgh ijijfjfj bbbbkdkd igigbjbj hdhdilil XlfXagag
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 0101110 110101 1101010 010101 0111110 111101 1101110 011001 01110110 111101 1101110 111101 1101011 110111 0101011 110101 0111110 010001 0100010 110101 1111010 010101 1100010 110111 0001010 1111001 0101110 111111 0101010 110101 0101010 110011 1101010 110101 11000011 110111 1100110 110101 0111010 110101 0101010 010001 0101110 110101 1110001 110111 1101010 111011 1100010 010101 0101010 110111 1101010 010101 0111010 111111 1101010 0100101 01011010 1001010 0111111 011101 1101010 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 64

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

a, the, and