This is an analysis of The Roaring Days by Henry Lawson.
The night too quickly passes
And we are growing old,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcada efdfagag Xacabhih bjjjaaaaihjh cabajejebfaf egegadhd bhhhXhbhajXj caXagaaa Xcbcbhjbjdbab
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,12,12,8,12,8,13,
- Metre: 0111010 111101 1111110 110101 1101010 110101 11110101 110101 1101110 0100101 1101010 1100001 1101110 111101 0101010 1010101 1101010 010101 1111110 011101 0101010 110101 11010101 110001 0111110 011101 1101010 100101 1101010 110101 1101010 010101 1101011 110011 01011101 011001 11010110 010101 0101010 010101 1101010 101101 1100010 010111 1101010 111101 11000101 010111 1101010 1100101 1101010 110101 0111010 111101 11110101 110101 1111011 110101 1111010 010101 0101010 010111 0101110 11001 0101010 010101 01010101 110101 1101010 010111 0100010 111101 0100010 010101 01000101 010101 1111010 101101 1111010 110101 1101110 110001 0101010 010111 0101011 000101 01010101 010001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 89
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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