This is an analysis of Gs [or The Fourth Cook] by Henry Lawson.
He has notions of Australia from the tales that he’s been told—
Land of leggings and revolvers, land of savages and gold;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbccbbb XXXbb aaaaa aabbb ddbbb
- Stanza lengths: 10,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 111000100011101 101010101010011 111111111010111 1011100101011101 001010101011101 101010101010101 101100101010111 101010111010101 111110101111101 001010101110101 111110101110101 111010101010100 111010101110101 101111111011101 111111101111001 001010101010111 101001100010011 101010111100101 101011011110101 111011101011001 101111101010111 101111111111101 111011101111111 101011101110001 111011101011101 101000101010101 111000101011101 101111100010111 101110101011101 101011101011011
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 30
Repeated words/phrases
he, and, of, time, to, em, peels, in, heroes
Anaphora
peels, and, there
Epiphora
spuds, spud
