This is an analysis of Give Yourself A Show: New Year's Eve by Henry Lawson.
TO my fellow sinners all, who, in hope and doubt,
Through the Commonwealth to-night watch the Old Year out,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd aabb eebb ffbb ggbb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 011010110111 101010110111 101010110111 111010111001 111110111101 101000110111 101010100101 011010111101 111010111101 101011110001 101011110111 111111111101 111111110111 100010010111 111111110111 0010011111101 101010110101 101010000111 111110111101 100111110101 1010101110011 1110101111101 1000010110001 1111010011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
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