This is an analysis of The Happy Traveller by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

WHO is the monarch of the Road?
I, the happy rover!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdd Aeceff AebeeeXAeceff
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,13,
  • Metre: 10011001 101010 10011101 1001110 10010101 11011101 11011001 1101010 11110101 0111010 11011011 01110101 11011001 1111010 11010100 11001010 110010111 01000101 11011001 1111110 11111111 1101010 11010001 11000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

of, i

Anaphora

each, i