This is an analysis of The Rouseabout by Thomas E. Spencer.
In a humble hut, on a scrubby flat,
Near the land of the setting sun,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbacbc dbdbecbc fbfbebdb daaaggdX fgagaggg daaaXhfh eaiaijgj
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 0010110101 10100101 1010110100 10100101 11101110101 11110101 0101101111 10101101 1100100111 1110101 1101100111 11101101 1111111101 10100101 1101110111 0101101 1100110101 1110101 110100111 111100101 1110110101 1110101 1011110101 11110101 0110101101 0110101 0100100111 1110111 1110110111 00100101 10100100101 11001110 1100110111 1110101 1110101111 11101101 1110110101 11100101 110100101 1100101 11010100101 0100111 1101101011 11100101 1111110100 1111111 1010101101 10101101 1010100101 10101101 11111100101 00110101 10110100001 101001011 1110110101 11110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 56
Repeated words/phrases
her, he, at, his
Anaphora
he, his