This is an analysis of Bullocky by Judith Wright.

Beside his heavy-shouldered team
thirsty with drought and chilled with rain,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dece Xaca XcXc Xece dddd beXe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01010101 10011101 11010100 111100001 10110101 11001101 01000101 11110101 10110101 01010101 11110101 01001101 10010101 01110001 11010101 01011100 110100101 011101011 11000101 10110101 10010101 11110101 11010101 10110101 11110111 11001101 01010101 11000101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

till, and