This is an analysis of Mary Lemaine by Henry Lawson.
Jim Duff was a ‘native,’as wild as could be;
A stealer and duffer of cattle was he,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXccccdd eeffcX gghhcX iijjXd ccffcX kkggee
- Stanza lengths: 12,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11101001110 01011001011 11001111001 10101001001 11001011101 101001011010 101101101111 11101011001 11001011010 01111101101 10011001001 11011011001 11011111001 01001101011 01001011001 0100101001 11101111001 11101101010 11011111101 01111011101 11101011001 11011101011 011111101001 11001011010 11101011011 11111011101 101101101001 10100101001 010001001110 1110100101 11001101001 11101011101 11011011011 01101011001 111101001001 11101111010 01011111001 11101001101 11101011001 101001001001 101001001001 101101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
in, i, and
Anaphora
the, i, and