This is an analysis of Shearer’s Song by Henry Lawson.

The season is over;
The shearing is done;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabXbXXcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 010010 01001 010111 01110 110010 110110 111010 11001 011010 01101 1010010 01101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

the, a