This is an analysis of Talbragar by Henry Lawson.
Jack Denver died on Talbragar when Christmas Eve began,
And there was sorrow round the place, for Denver was a man;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcX dbbX eeaacX XbbX ffggcX aaaX hhiicX ibbX jjddcX bbbX bbkkcX bbbX
- Stanza lengths: 6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,6,4,
- Metre: 11011100110101 11110101110101 11011101010111 11110101110101 11110101110111 010101001011100 1101 1101 11011101 111100 11110111111101 11010101010101 11110111010111 1111010111111 11000101110111 11010100011100 1101 1101 11111101 111100 11110100010101 11010101110001 11110101011101 01111100011101 11010101110111 11011101111100 1101 0101 11011101 111100 11010101110101 11010101110101 10011101010101 11010101110101 111111110111101 11110101110100 0101 1101 01010101 111100 110101100011101 11010100001101 11011101110101 01010101010111 11010101110111 110100011100100 1101 1101 11011101 111100 111100111111101 11111101010010 11110001011101 11110111111111 11010101111101 11010100011100 1111 1101 01000101 100100
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 60
Repeated words/phrases
denver, and, s, he
Anaphora
and
