This is an analysis of Let’s Be Fools To-Night by Henry Lawson.

We, three men of commerce,
Striving wealth to raise,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Ababcdcd BeBE AFAfbcXc BeBE AFAXeded beBE gagahbhbXbebE
  • Stanza lengths: 8,4,8,4,8,4,13,
  • Metre: 111010 10101 111010 00101 111110 10101 111010 00101 101111 10111 101011 10101 111010 10101 111010 01110 111010 10111 101010 10101 101111 10111 101011 10101 111010 10101 111010 00100 111010 10101 101110 10111 111011 11111 101011 10101 111010 11101 111110 11111 101010 10101 111010 10101 111011 11111 101111 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

days, we, of, our