This is an analysis of Victory by Henry Lawson.
The schools marched in procession in happiness and pride,
The city bands before them, the soldiers marched beside;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbb ccddd eefXf bbbbb bbggg
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 0110010010011 0101010010101 1111110111111 0111011110101 11110101110111 01111101110001 111011110110111 1110010101101 11001100110111 1101010110001 1111110110111 11010101101101 0100110010111 010111001010100 11010101110101 11010101110101 11010111111111 01110101100101 01111101011101 11011101011101 11010010110101 1101010010001 11001010110101 11010001010101 01010111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
and, flags, all, nor, of, oh
Anaphora
the, oh