This is an analysis of A Song Of The Pen by Banjo Paterson.
Not for the love of women toil we, we of the craft,
Not for the people's praise;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efef ghgh
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,
- Metre: 1101010111001 110101 1001110110111 101111 1011010101111 100101 1001011101101 111101 1101010100111 100111 10010010111101 110111 1011010010101 101101 1001010110101 100101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 16
Anaphora
not, claiming, one
