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—…

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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