This is an analysis of John Cornstalk by Henry Lawson.
Jack Cornstalk lives in the Southern Land—
What says Cornstalk John?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abcB cBBBD abcb BBBD aaXa BBBD XbXbXBBBD
- Stanza lengths: 4,5,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 111100101 11111 111100111 100111 10 10011111 100111 10011111 111001 111100101 100111 111100111 0100101 10011111 100111 10011111 111001 101101101 0010101 101001101 110101 10011111 100111 10011111 111001 1110100110 110101 111100111 0010001 10011111 100111 10011111 111001
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
cornstalk, on, lead, land, of, south
Anaphora
land
Epiphora
on
Anadiplosis
land