This is an analysis of The Skyline Riders by Henry Lawson.
Against the light of a dawning white
My Skyline Riders stand—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbbaacadedecdcD fcfcbafa ededdede Ddddabdb Ddfdbada dgdgadbD hihibdbd
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 010100101 111101 10100110111 10101001 11100101001 0100111 110111101 110111 111101111 1110111 1010100101 1010111 110111101 00100111 11111011001 10001001 0111101110 010111 1011110101 1010101 0110110111 10110111 010110101 1100101 1010100111 10111001 111110111 10111111 11101001001 1110111 1010101101 0110111 10101101001 1010101 1001000101 1100101 0101110101 01101010 11001001001 11001110 10101101001 00100101 1101100101 1100111 1101001001 1111101 1101001001 11010101 10101101 1110101 10101101 1010101 101101001 1101011 111101101 10001001 10100101 10111101 010110101 0100111 1011011011 00100111 11101111 111001001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
of, proud, to, and
Anaphora
my, there
