This is an analysis of The Flour Bin by Henry Lawson.

By Lawson's Hill, near Mudgee,
On old Eurunderee –…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXaaaa bcdcebeB ddXdfded fgXghifi XaXaXccc cgcghXgB
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110111 11100 0111101000 1010100 10101010 110111 00111010 110101 110000010 111101 1101110 111101 1111010 111101 111101011 0111011 1001010 111101 1100010 111111 1101010 110111 11010101 111100 0111110 0111001 011110 110101 1100010 110101 1101010 110101 1010111 111001 101101100 110101 10111010 1010111 110100000 010101 0111010 011011 1001010 110101 1111111 01010010 10111101 0111011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

and, 'twas, we've, it

Anaphora

'twas, we've, the, it

Anadiplosis

it