This is an analysis of The Rush To London by Henry Lawson.

You’re off away to London now,
Where no one dare ignore you,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaBcBC dadaBcBC ececbcbC
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 11010101 1111011 01010111 1101011 10110101 0101010 11110111 1101110 11010101 1111011 01110111 1101011 10110101 1111010 11110111 1101110 01010011 0101010 10100101 1101110 11010101 0101010 11110111 1101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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