This is an analysis of The Stringy-Bark Tree by Henry Lawson.

There's the whitebox and pine on the ridges afar,
Where the iron-bark, blue-gum, and peppermint are;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ccbb ccdd eebb
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010011101001 101011111011 101001011001 101001101011 101011001001 101011001001 101111011011 101101001011 111101011001 111111001101 111011001110 111011101011 11011001011 101111011111 101101011101 101001001011 11001011111 101011011101 111111001111 1011001001011
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

and, bark, of, stringy, for

Anaphora

and