This is an analysis of Lake Eliza by Henry Lawson.
THE SAND was heavy on our feet,
A Christmas sky was o’er us,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdce bbbfgdge XfXffdXe gXddgdge
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 01110111 0101111 11011111 1101011 11011101 1101010 11110101 0111010 11011101 0101011 11011101 1101010 11110001 1001010 11011101 1101010 010110001 0101010 01010101 0101010 11010101 1101010 11111100 1111010 11011101 0101010 010111010 1110110 11110100 1101010 11111111 0101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
we
Anaphora
we, a, and