This is an analysis of Gettin Back by Henry Lawson.
When we've arrived by boat or rail, and feeling pretty well,
And humped our heavy gladstones to the Great Norsouth Hotel;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbC ddbbC ddbbC bbeeC XXbbC ffffC ggbbC ggXeC
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 11011111110101 11110110011001 111101111110111 11010101110101 1010 11110111010111 11000101111101 11101111011111 01111101110111 1010 11110101111101 11010111010101 11010111000101 11111101110111 1010 110101010101111 11111111111101 111101011101001 011111010101 1010 11111100011101 11010101011101 10111101111111 11110111110111 1010 01010111111101 01110000010111 11010111110101 11111001110111 1010 11010101110101 11000011111101 01010101110111 11110111111111 1010 01010101011110 01110101110111 101111111110101 11111101110101 1010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, we, when, in, she's
Anaphora
and, when, she's, the