This is an analysis of Stand By The Engines by Henry Lawson.
On the moonlighted decks there are children at play,
While smoothly the steamer is holding her way;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc bbbb aaXb ddbbXddbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 101001111011 11001001001 101111011111 101101011001 11101101001 11001001000 11011011011 11111011001 11101101111 01101101101 10001001011 01111011001 01011101101 01011101001 111011101010 01101101101 111011101001 11111011101 11111011001 11101101101 11011011111 11111001001 11101101101 11011101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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