This is an analysis of The Lonely Woman by Mabel Forrest.

WHERE the ironbarks are hanging leaves disconsolate and pale,
Where the wild vines o’er the ranges their spilt cream of blossom trail,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccaabb ddeebb ddffbb bbggbb
  • Stanza lengths: 10,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 101001101100011 101110101110101 101001101010111 101010101010101 111010111010101 101011100010101 1101010111010101 101010111010101 001000101011111 101110101010101 1011101010101101 1010101001010111 101010101010101 101010100010101 1001111001011101 1010100101010101 101110111011101 101110101010101 1011111010101011 101010101010101 101011101010111 001010101010101 101011101011101 111011101000101 101110101011101 111111101010101 101100101010101 101110111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

where

Anaphora

where

Anadiplosis

waits