This is an analysis of The Paroo by Henry Lawson.
It was a week from Christmas-time,
As near as I remember,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcbXbcbdbdbebeb dbdbebebfbfXgbgXgggghbhX XXadXbXX
- Stanza lengths: 16,24,8,
- Metre: 01010101 1111010 11011001 1101010 01111111 0111110 11111101 1101010 01011101 0101010 11011111 1101110 11010111 1101010 11011111 1111010 0101010111 1111010 01011111 1101010 01110001 0101010 11010111 1111010 011111011 1111110 11001101 11111100 11111101 0111110 101010101 11110100 11110101 0101110 11010101 1101010 01010101 0101010 101001111 1101100 1010011110101 11011110 11011001 1010111010 110111010 11010110 01110011 00010100
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
with, and, i
Anaphora
the, with
