This is an analysis of Macleay Street And Red Rock Lane by Henry Lawson.

Macleay Street looks to Mosman,
Across the other side,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Abcbdedf Xghgdfdf iahajkXk ikjkcklk dgXgdaga Akeklaga agegXbdb cdjdididXggegcaha
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Metre: 1011010 010101 0110010 111111 1011010 011100 10110100 110010 1111011 010001 1110010 011111 1111010 010101 11110101 111110 1011110 011001 1100010 011111 0101110 110101 11011000 1100101 1111010 111111 0101010 111111 11001110 010101 1101010 1110001 1011010 110101 1011010 010111 1011010 110001 1100010 110111 1011010 010101 1100010 010101 1111110 111101 0101010 110111 0101010 1011110 1011110 110101 0111010 111101 11010101 1101101 0111010 101111 1101110 011101 0100101 110101 0101010 111001 1111110 110101 101011100 010101 10101110 010101 11111010 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 72

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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