This is an analysis of A Bush Girl by Henry Lawson.
She's milking in the rain and dark,
As did her mother in the past.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcDefefedXD bgbghdhd bibijbjb hkhkdddd bebeclcl
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11000111 10010001 01010111 11010101 11011111 1100001101 11010101 11011101 01110101 01010111 01110010 01010111 110101011 01110101 11010010 11011101 01010111 010101001 11010001 11011101 01010101 01110101 01010111 11011101 111110001 110100101 01110111 11001101 01011111 01010111 10010001 01011101 11111110 11110101 11010101 11011101 010010111 01011111 01001101 10011101 11100101 01010111 11101001 01001111 11010111 111100111 10110101 11111101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
she, her, and, of, i
Anaphora
the, as, her, of