This is an analysis of Break O’ Day by Henry Lawson.

You love me, you say, and I think you do,
But I know so many who don’t,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcDcece bfbfbdbD dadaXebe cececdcdXcbcb
  • Stanza lengths: 12,8,8,13,
  • Metre: 1111111111 11111011 1111110101 111101111 1110111101 1111101 1111100101 0010111 1110101101 0101011 1110110101 1111111 1111110111 1100111 1111111101 1111101 1111110111 1111101 1111010111 0010111 11100101111 11100111 10101111101 00100111 11101111001 00110101 11101100101 1110101 111101111 11100101 1110110111 10110111 111110111 00010111 1111100101 0011111 1110101101 0101011 1111100101 11100111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

i, you, as

Anaphora

i, you, there