This is an analysis of Wide Lies Australia by Henry Lawson.
Wide lies Australia! The seas that surround her
Flow for her unity – all states in one.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababacac XbXbbaba dbdbecec
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
- Metre: 11010011010 1101001101 10110110010 1011011001 11010011010 1101001000 10011011010 1101011101 10110110110 1011001011 10110110110 1001101111 10010111110 011011010010 10010110110 11011111010 10011011010 1001101101 10110111010 1001001001 100111011011 1101101101 1111010111 1001011011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
her, to, be, free, us
Anaphora
never, free, out
Anadiplosis
free
