This is an analysis of The Unknown God by Henry Lawson.
The President to Kingdoms,
As in the Days of Old;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcdefefefaf aagaabab edbdgdad ghbhaaaa gdgdXddX ababaaaa edidebXb ciciddXd
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 0101010 100101 0100010 101001 1111010 111101 1111010 010101 1111010 011101 1101010 011101 1101110 110101 1101111 0101101 0101010 110101 0011010 111100 0101010 110101 1101110 111101 1101010 111110 01110101 011101 1111110 010001 1011001010 110111 1101011 110101 1111110 111111 1101010 1111001 1111110 111100 1101110 110101 1101010 111111 0111110 110111 0111110 011000 1101010 110011 1101010 010111 0101010 010101 11110010 110101 1111110 111101 0101110 110101 1111110 010101 11111111 110101 1101110 110101 1101010 100101 1111110 1101011 11110101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
they, not, i, with, where, in, soul, none, may, and
Anaphora
they, the, i
