This is an analysis of Ballad Of The Drover by Henry Lawson.
Across the stony ridges,
Across the rolling plain,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe Xgggbbhb Xaaacbhb aiaijaca dbabkjcj caaaagfX ldadchlX lifijbab gigiamam adjdkeXkXbbgbjaca
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 0101010 010101 1101010 110101 1101111 110101 1100111 010101 1111010 110101 1101110 111111 1101011 110101 1101111 110001 0101011 010101 1111010 011101 1100010 110101 1101111 110001 11011010 011101 1101010 010101 1101010 010111 0101010 010111 0100011 1101001 1111010 010101 11001110 110101 10101010 110101 1101010 011101 1001010 111101 1101010 110111 1101011 010101 0101010 010101 10101010 010101 1101110 1100101 0101010 1101110 1101010 011101 10101111 1100101 1001011 010101 1101010 010101 0101010 110101 1111010 010101 1111010 110101 1111010 011111 0101011 110101 0111010 011101 1111110 110111 1101110 110100 0110010 010101 1101010 010101 1111110 111111 0101010 110101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 88
Repeated words/phrases
and, his, in
Anaphora
across, and, he, the
