This is an analysis of Here's Luck by Henry Lawson.
Old Time is tramping close to-day—you hear his bluchers fall,
A mighty change is on the way, an’ God protect us all;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbaacc ddcc eeff gghh ffee bbhh iihh
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11010101110101 01010101110111 1110101110001 11110101110101 11010111010101 01111111111111 01010101010111 11111111110101 11110101110111 1010111110101 11101111010101 111011101011101 01010101110101 11011100010111 01010101011111 01010100110111 011101011101001 11110111110101 11010111011101 11110101111101 1101111100111 11011111110101 11110101111101 11110101111101 11010101110101 1111111110100 11010101111111 110111010111101 01110101110111 11011101111101 11110101110101 1101010110111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
with, we, all
Anaphora
i, the
