This is an analysis of Kerosine Bay by Henry Lawson.

‘Tis strange on such a peaceful day
With white clouds flying o’er,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXabab cdcXXX dbdbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,
  • Metre: 11110101 011101 11011001 110001 010111001 110101 110101110 010101 110101110 010101 11011111 110100 11110101 110101 11110111 110101 11010011 1010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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