This is an analysis of Peddling Round The World by Henry Lawson.

When at first in foreign parts
Was her flag unfurled,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abABcDedBBABfghgaidIIIci bjkjblXLbLbl gbbbbbMBBBMB ddcdncfCCCXC baeagbhBBBhB cncnnXCBBBCbkjcjnDfdDDfd
  • Stanza lengths: 24,12,12,12,12,24,
  • Metre: 1110101 10101 1010101 100101 1010101 10111 10000101 11111 100101 100101 1010101 100101 1010101 11111 1010101 1100 1010101 10101 1110101 10100 10100 10100 1011101 10100 1010011 11101 1010101 00101 1111111 10101 0111111 10101 1010111 10101 1111101 11001 1110101 10111 1010111 010101 1010101 10111 1010101 100101 100101 100101 1010101 100101 1011101 10101 1110101 10101 1010001 10101 1011111 10101 10101 10101 1010100 10101 1001111 10111 1010101 10101 10000101 10101 1010101 100101 100101 100101 1010101 100101 1010111 00111 1011101 11100 1010101 111110 1110101 100101 100101 100101 1110101 0100101 1111101 11111 1111101 11101 10000101 10111 1110101 011111 11111 11111 1010101 011111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 97

Repeated words/phrases

peddling, round, world, queen, elizabeth, you, it, quick, on, king, of, spain, all, around, and, as, things, we, ll, make, at, home

Anaphora

peddling, queen, better, on, england, things

Epiphora

world, elizabeth, beard, spain, around, home