This is an analysis of To Tom Bracken by Henry Lawson.

O had you tracked where Kendall* trod
I think you would be kneelin’…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 11111101 1111010 11011101 1110110 10110101 1111010 01010101 1101110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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