This is an analysis of Above Lavender Bay by Henry Lawson.

’Tis glorious morning everywhere
Save where the alleys lie—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdedfgeghgeg XXfcgcXc ijbjebeb hahaigdgXhjejgheh
  • Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,17,
  • Metre: 110010101 110101 11010111 010001 01000100 110111 11010101 011111 01110100 010011 11010101 110101 00110101 110111 11011101 011101 01011100 0101000 11111100 011111 11111111 111011 01110101 111101 11000101 110101 01100111 011111 11010101 010101 11101101 110001 11010111 010111 01100111 0101001 01010001 110001 011010101 011101 01111101 111101 11010101 011101 11010101 111101 01010101 110011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

i, a, the