This is an analysis of The Bulletin Hotel by Henry Lawson.
I was drifting in the drizzle past the Cecil in the Strand—
Which, I’m told, is very tony—and its front looks very grand;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddbb eebb aabb ffbb Xdbb ggbb
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111000101010001 111010101011101 111110100011111 001000101010001 101011101010101 111010101010111 101100101010111 101111100010001 101110100011101 101010101111101 101010110011001 101010100010001 101010101110001 111010101110101 101100101010111 101011101010001 001111101110101 11010010111010111 101110101010101 111110101010001 1001010101010101 101111101010111 111010101110101 101000100010001 111100101110101 011010101111101 101110101111101 111110100010001 11010101111101001 101111101110111 111011101011111 101010100010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
i, in, of, and, s
Anaphora
and
