This is an analysis of Down The River by Henry Lawson.
I’VE done with joys an’ misery,
An’ why should I repine?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXabcdCD ebabXdCD beaeXdCD fgXgddCD cgfgXdCD
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11011100 111110 101110111 111111 11111111 110100 11110111 111011 111101010 010101 11111111 111111 11110111 111100 11110111 111011 11010111 1101010 11010111 1111010 11010111 110100 11110111 111011 11111101 111101 10111111 010101 11111101 111100 11110111 111011 11010001 110001 11110101 111101 11010111 110100 11110111 111011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
he
Anaphora
an, he
