This is an analysis of A Backward Glance by Henry Lawson.

IT IS well when you’ve lived in clover,
To mourn for the days gone by—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 001111010 0110111 11101110 1110111 11001001 111001 111111001 1100001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

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