This is an analysis of The Rose by Henry Lawson.

We love the land when the world goes round,
And deep, deep down in her thorny ground,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabB ccbBXaabb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 110110111 111100101 1111111111 110111101 110111101 1010110101 1101111011 110111101 110111101 1111100111 111101101 1110111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

we, love, rose, our

Anaphora

we