This is an analysis of All Ashore! by Henry Lawson.
The rattling ‘donkey’ ceases,
The bell says we must part,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XcXc bdXd
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
- Metre: 01001010 011111 1110010 110011 1111010 111111 1111110 111101 0101010 101111 0101010 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 12
Repeated words/phrases
good, and
Anaphora
the, we
