This is an analysis of The Gentlemen Of Dickens by Henry Lawson.

The gentlemen of Dickens
Were mostly very poor,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbcdAd AaeXfgXg gdfdaaha XiXijkek Ajajalhl Ahchfmjm
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 0100010 010101 1100010 1010001 1111110 011101 0100010 0010101 0100010 111101 1100110 0101100 1111011 111111 1101110 101101 1101110 110011 1101010 1100111 10100010 110111 1111010 010101 1111010 010111 1101010 0100111 1111010 010011 1111010 1010100 0100010 010111 1101010 111101 1100010 010001 11111101 110101 0100010 111101 1111010 110111 1111110 111101 11110100 101001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 50

Repeated words/phrases

of, or, and, their

Anaphora

and, they