This is an analysis of Life by John Philip Bourke.
A little ray from a shaded light
A colour splash on a field of white…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc ccc ccc aaaXaaa
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Metre: 010100101 010110101 110110111 010110101 010110101 110110101 010110101 011100101 110110101 010110101 0101111001 1010100101 110101101 110110111 111110101 100111101 110110101 111110101 111100101 011110111 110110100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 21
Repeated words/phrases
of, and
Anaphora
a, and