This is an analysis of The Seabolt's Volunteers by Henry Lawson.
They towed the Seabolt down the stream,
And through the harbour’s mouth;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcb adcd edfd geXe XeXe gchc gdid dhXh Xibi aeie ijfj
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 110101 11011101 010101 11110111 110111 11010101 110111 00111101 010111 01010101 010101 11010101 010101 110010111 011101 11010111 011101 01011111 110101 11000111 110111 11010101 010101 11110101 011111 11010111 111100 11010100 010001 01110101 110101 11110110 110111 11111101 010011 11110101 100101 010111001 110101 01100101 010101 11011101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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