This is an analysis of The Cross-Roads by Henry Lawson.
Once more I write a line to you,
While darker shadows fall;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aaaadcdc efefegeg adedhXhc
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11110101 110111 11011101 111101 01110101 010111 10110111 011111 010011111 111101 01011101 111101 11110111 0101001 11110101 010101 01011101 011001 01011101 011101 01101100 111111 01010111 110101 11110101 110011 11010101 111101 11110101 111000 10110111 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
i, and
Anaphora
the, and
