This is an analysis of In The Storm That Is To Come by Henry Lawson.

By our place in the midst of the furthest seas we were fated to stand alone -
When the nations fly at each other's throats let Australia look to her own;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eebb ffgg hhec ffaa aaaaXeedd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 1110010010110100101 101011110110101001 10101101011010111 10111001110011001 1111001011110111 0111101011110101 1101001011011101 01111010011010101 11010010100110101 10101001110011000 0111001011010111 10111001110011001 0111101011010101 101011101010110101 11001001111011111 1010010010100100101 101001111010011101 10111101111010111 1010011011110110110 101111011110110001 1111011011010111 110010110011010101 1101011011010101 101001101110110101 1101001111111101 00110101110100101 1010111011011010 101001101011010111 11111001111011110 101010011110110001 10011111010011101 00101111011010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

her, to, let, who, and, in, west, east, of, where, i