This is an analysis of Cromwell by Henry Lawson.

They took dead Cromwell from his grave,
And stuck his head on high;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefe ddgddddd ehdbcgcg hiXifdhd XgcgXcic icjcbiei ikjXikik gidififd ajijdfbf dbkbckck dgdggbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11110001 110111 01011101 111111 01010111 010101 01111101 110001 11010101 0111011 11010011 110101 11011111 010011 11010101 010101 11010101 111100 01100111 110101 11010101 110101 111100101 110101 11010100 110101 11100011 110001 11110101 111101 11010100 111101 01010100 110101 01110100 010101 110011111 1100111 10101101 110001 11010100 110101 11010101 1100101 01010101 110101 111011101 010101 01000101 110101 11110101 0111100 110100010 011101 11111111 111101 11110111 110101 11010101 010111 01011101 111101 11010111 110101 11010001 011101 110101101 000101 01010111 111101 11100111 1111001 0100100101 110111 11011100 110101 11001111 010101 11100110 110101 101101001 101101 11111101 010001 11010111 110001 11011100 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 88

Repeated words/phrases

they, his, and, he, s, to

Anaphora

for, that, and