The Lily Of St Leonards by Henry Lawson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Lily Of St Leonards that begins with:

’TIS sunrise over Watson,
Where I sailed out to sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbXb Xdbd efefcaXa Xgbg XbXbfhch bihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,8,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 111101 1111010 111101 0100010 111111 10100110 110101 1100110 111101 11010111 111111 1111010 111101 1101110 111101 0111110 111001 1111010 010011 1100110 110101 11110101 011111 0101110 010101 10100110 010111 1101010 1011101 11101110 1011111 0111011 010111 10110010 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and, a, where, the are repeated.

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  • summary of The Lily Of St Leonards;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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