The Route March by Henry Lawson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Route March that begins with:

Did you hear the children singing, O my brothers?
Did you hear the children singing as our troops went marching past?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbccbAbbbb acddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010101110 011010101111101 0011101 1110101 101011101111101 011010101110 011010101011101 11101110 00111110 011010101010101 111010101110 111010100011101 100101010 00111010 1001010101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 378
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hear, singing, you, children are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words did, shall are repeated.

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