This is an analysis of Johnny Boer by Banjo Paterson.
Men fight all shapes and sizes as the racing horses run,
And no man knows his courage till he stands before a gun.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccaaddaaccbbaa eeffddffaa ggbbaa
- Stanza lengths: 20,10,6,
- Metre: 11111101010101 11110101110101 11110101110101 11010100010101 11010101010101 11010101110101 11000101111101 11110101110111 11010101110101 1110010010101 11011101010101 11010100010101 11010100110001 100101100110111 01110101110001 111101100110101 11111101110101 11110101010101 01011111110101 11011100010101 11011101110101 110111001110101 01011111110101 110100111110101 11110101110111 1111101110011001 11010101011001 11010001010101 11010101110101 11010101010101 11010101110101 11010101011101 01001101010111 11100101010101 11011101110101 110101010110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
and, but, he, his, as
Anaphora
he, and
