This is an analysis of The Drums Of Battersea by Henry Lawson.
They can’t hear in West o’ London, where the worst dine with the best—
Deaf to all save lies and laughter, they can’t hear in London West—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXCdXaabXCbX ccdXCdX eebXCdX aabXCdX ffbXCdX
- Stanza lengths: 14,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 111011101011001 101111101110101 1010110101010110 111010100010100 1111 10100 1000101010100 101010101111101 111011101011101 101110101010001 111000100010100 1111 10101 1010101010100 101010101110111 101011101111101 101110101010100 101000101010100 1111 10100 01110100010100 101110001010101 111000100010101 101000101010101 111010100010100 1111 10100 1010101010100 111000111110111 111110101111111 101111101111101 111010100010100 1111 111100 101010101010100 110111101101111 111011101110111 111111101111111 101110100010100 1111 10100 1011011100010100
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
they, can, and, t, hear, drums, of, in, that, i, for
Anaphora
beating
Anadiplosis
drums
