This is an analysis of Cape Byron by James Brunton Stephens.

Upon the orient utmost of the land,
Enfranchised of the world, alone, and free,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca deXe fafa Xdgd hihi heXX XjXjjXjX ed ed kbkg
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,2,2,4,
  • Metre: 01010111001 0110010111 1101111101 00100010001 011100100100 0101011101 1101010111 0101010101 11000100101 0101010001 010010110000 01010010001 0101010101 0101011101 0101010101 010011101001 00100111000 0101010101 10010101010 01010100001 1111001101 010010101010 0100010001 01010101110 1111010101 0101010101 1101010100 01101000100 1001010111 0101011111 01001010100 0101011000 1001010101 01011101111 01010101001 01100001000 0101010101 0101011111 0101010001 01001000001 1101101001 0101010101 1101001011 1101110100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 11
  • Lines: 44

Repeated words/phrases

of, in, this

Anaphora

the, this, of