This is an analysis of At The Tug-0-War by Henry Lawson.
’Twas in a tug-of-war where I—the guvnor’s hope and pride—
Stepped proudly on the platform as the ringer on my side;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeff bgaa bbaa Xccgb
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 10010111010111 11010111010111 11100101010111 01010101110101 01111101111101 11000100110101 11011101110101 11100101110111 11011101110111 11010101110101 01010101011101 11010101110111 11110101011111 111111111110100 11010101010101 10010111010101 11011100010101 11110101010101 01111111011111 11110101011101 11010111010111 11111111110001 11010101111100 01011101011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 25
Repeated words/phrases
and, i, his, how
Anaphora
i
