This is an analysis of The Water Lily by Henry Lawson.

A lonely young wife
In her dreaming discerns…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcBbDEFacdccBbDEf XdXdcbbDEF
  • Stanza lengths: 20,10,
  • Metre: 01011 001001 01011 001001 101001 01011 11001001011 1101 1101 11101001010 101011 01101 11111 111111 101001 01011 11101001011 1101 1101 11101001010 1010010 11101 101011 111001 101001 101101 111101101011 1101 1101 11101001010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 30

Anaphora

and

Epiphora

child