This is an analysis of A Word From The Bards by Henry Lawson.
IT IS New Year’s Day and I rise to state that here on the Sydney side
The Bards have commenced to fill out of late and they’re showing their binjies with pride…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaaXa XbaaXA bXaaBA ccaaXAXbbaaBA
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,13,
- Metre: 00101111011110101 0110101101111011001 110110011111110101 101010010111100101 11 11100101 10101001011100111 1110110101110010111 101011011111110101 10101001011100101 11 1100101 01101001111010111 11111111110100100 01001001111110101 11111011011100101 11 1100101 00101001011110111 10111101111100111 11001111111110101 101001001111100101 11 1100101 111001011111000101 1111101111100101 11000101111110101 101001011011100101 11 1100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, s, bards, in
