This is an analysis of Next Door by Henry Lawson.

Whenever I’m moving my furniture in
Or shifting my furniture out—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddbebeddddd bfbfgdgd dX
  • Stanza lengths: 18,8,2,
  • Metre: 01011011000 11011001 101011011011 01101001 110101101 101101001 1101111101 101001011 01001011 001111001011 0010110101 11011101101 101101011 011001111101 11101111 111011101011 101001011 001001011 11011101101 111111111 11010101001 01111001 11101101101 111111011 00101101001 111101111 11101111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

there, t, isn, or, be, it

Anaphora

be

Epiphora

door