This is an analysis of Cypher Seven [07] by Henry Lawson.

The nearer camp fires lighted,
The distant beacons bright—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbDbcb Dcbcdbdb DdcdedcD ddddfdXD gaaagdbD DcccaXhe dbibcjjj XcXcgbcb ikgkXcbc Xdgdcccc dkefclhl
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01011010 010101 0101011 110001 1101110 111111 0001010 110111 1111110 111111 1111011 110101 11111110 111101 1101011 110101 1101110 011101 0111110 011101 1111110 111101 1001010 110100 1101010 111101 1101110 011011 1111110 110101 1001010 110100 0101010 111101 101110 110001 1101010 101101 1100010 110100 1111110 111111 0101011 010111 1111111 110111 1111011 111110 1111110 111111 0111010 001101 0101110 000111 0111011 011101 1101110 111101 11111100 010101 1111111 110111 1100011 111001 1111111 111101 1101010 110101 1101010 111101 10100110 010101 11000100 010100 1101010 110101 1111010 110001 0101110 110001 1111110 111111 1111010 110100 1111010 111111 1111011 111101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 88

Repeated words/phrases

and, their, i, you, my, love, ride

Anaphora

the, and, in, their, i, who, since, or