This is an analysis of O'Hara, J.P. by Henry Lawson.
James Patrick O'Hara the Justice of Peace,
He bossed the P.M. and he bossed the police;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccbX ddbX eebX ffbX ggbb aabb c eeddeehh iibb ccbX ccii iibX jjbX ccbX eebX eebb hhbX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11001001001 11011111001 01001001111 0100110101 11101001011 11101001011 11101011011 011110101 1101001101 11001001001 11101011011 1100100101 11101001101 01011011111 11001011101 1101110101 11001001001 01101011001 11001001010 1110110101 01111001011 01111101111 11001011011 111001001011 11001011001 11011111001 11001001001 11111101011 101 11011011011 11011011101 111100001001 01101001101 11001001001 11001001101 11101011101 11101001001 11001111101 11011001001 1111011001 11111001011 11011001001 11001001001 11111101010 00100100101 11111011011 11011111111 01000111011 01111101011 01101011001 01101101001 11011101111 0110110101 01001001101 01011101101 01001001001 0100110101 11101011101 11011001101 01001011001 1110100101 11001101101 01001111011 01101011000 010100101 01101011111 01011101101 11011101011 01111001011 11111001111 11101001011 11110001011 0100100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 17
- Lines: 76
Repeated words/phrases
he, be, so, her, and, it, s, of, that, cases, hard, case
Anaphora
a, he, her, , twas, the
