This is an analysis of Clinging Back by Henry Lawson.
When you see a man come walking down through George Street loose and free,
Suit of saddle tweed and soft shirt, and a belt and cabbagetree,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbbbbBaabbBBB ccbbBBB ccbbBBB ddbbBBb eebbbbb
- Stanza lengths: 14,7,7,7,7,
- Metre: 111011101111111 101011111011100 001011101010011 101000101011101 101 101 00111011101 111010101111101 101010101011101 001010100011101 111110101011101 101 101 00111011101 111011101010001 001010101110101 101010100010111 111000111011101 101 101 00111011101 111110101011101 111010101110101 101000101011111 101011101011101 101 101 00111011101 101010100011101 101011100111101 011111111010101 1010111010011111 101 101 00111011101 1011101010111001 1010011101010101 111010101110101 101010101110111 101 101 10101010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
and, back, s, to, clinging, not, he
Epiphora
back