This is an analysis of The Great Grey Plain by Henry Lawson.
Out West, where the stars are brightest,
Where the scorching north wind blows,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ABaBcded dbfbbddd daXagdad gagaedgd chdhddfD aaXaidiD ABaBeded dbdbdjXj
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11101110 1010111 101001110 10110101 10101010 1110111 11111010 110111 110010010 11001001 111010010 011111 11101110 1110101 101101010 1110111 11001110 10110111 11001010 1010111 10111010 110111 10010010 110111 001101110 10100101 00101010 1010111 101010010 110101 0111110 0110111 11110010 001101 11110110 110111 01101110 10100101 10101110 1110111 101101010 1011101 10100010 110001 10101110 111101 0101110 1110111 11101110 1010111 101001110 10110101 11001010 111101 11011010 110111 10101110 1011100 1011010101 110101 101000101 1100111 101001110 1011101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
no, of
Anaphora
and, where, no, out