This is an analysis of Robbie's Statue by Henry Lawson.

Grown tired of mourning for my sins—
And brooding over merits—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXcdX adadXaea ebXbdXfX gagXeaha dihijXja ifafjaja deXefaha
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110010111 1101010 01010101 1101010 11111111 1101011 10110101 110111 11010101 1101110 11000101 0111010 11010101 1111010 11011101 0101010 11110101 1111011 11110111 0111010 110011101 1101010 11011100 0101110 11111101 11110110 01010101 0111010 01010111 1111010 01011111 1111110 11110101 1101010 11111111 1100010 100011111 1101010 11010111 0111010 11110101 0101111 11011101 0101011 110100101 10111010 01111001 0101110 11011101 0111010 01011101 1101010 01010101 1111010 01010111 1111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

to

Anaphora

they, the