This is an analysis of Because My Father's One by Henry Lawson.

It was the King of Virland –
0 he was angry then –…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaabbXb XcdceaXa fagafhIX XbibbaXX dXeaghIX ejajfjij dkdkjhfh
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 0101010 111101 1101010 010101 0100110 1111001 0111110 111111 1111110 110101 1100010 011101 1101011 110111 1111011 110101 1111010 111111 1111110 110111 1101110 111101 1100010 100101 1101100 110101 1111010 110111 0111110 111101 1101010 1011010 1111011 100111 1101111 011001 0100111 110111 1100010 100101 1101011 110111 1111010 1101011 1111110 111011 100101 111101 1111011 011011 1110110 111001 1111011 1011001 10101010 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

they, and, with

Anaphora

they, and