This is an analysis of The Patteran by Henry Lawson.
From over the leagues of ice and snow, and the miles of scorching sand;
From back of the days of long ago, and the lonely sea and land—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabBXBccddXB eebbXB
- Stanza lengths: 12,6,
- Metre: 01001011110100101 0100101011010111 0010011110100101111 11101111011110011 101111111100100100 11101111011110011 111001111111101001 111011011110100111 11010100111100001 101001001110110101 101111111100100100 11101111011110011 111001111010101110 1101001111110101 10100101100001001001 1010010111110100101 101111111100100100 11101111011110011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, i, my, for, have, son
Anaphora
from, i