This is an analysis of Somewhere Up In Queensland by Henry Lawson.

He's somewhere up in Queensland,
The old folks used to say;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBacdcXBXBXeXe aBfbfXXX gBfbahgh aiAiAhahXahdhAiAi
  • Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,17,
  • Metre: 1111011 011101 1111011 010101 1111011 110101 1111010 110101 1101110 011101 1101110 010101 1101110 110101 1101010 110111 1101011 011101 1101110 011101 1101110 110111 11110101 110100 1101110 011101 1111010 110101 0101011 110101 11000100 0011100 0111011 111111 0111011 0101011 0111011 110101 1111011 1100101 111011 110111 1101010 110101 1111011 1100101 1111011 1100111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

to

Anaphora

that