This is an analysis of A Prouder Man Than You by Henry Lawson.
If you fancy that your people came of better stock than mine,
If you hint of higher breeding by a word or by a sign,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb XXbb ccbb aabb ddbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 011011101010111 011010101011101 011010101010111 111110100010111 011110101010100 111110100010101 011010101111111 111010100010111 011010101111101 111101101110101 111010101010111 101011100010111 011000100110101 111111001111110 1110101011110011 111011000010111 111001101110101 101111101011101 100101101111111 111010101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
you, if, of, that, to, your
Anaphora
if
