This is an analysis of Pigeon Toes by Henry Lawson.
A dusty clearing in the scrubs
Of barren, western lands—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XaXaabcbdedeecec Xcfcagag heeehXhb eigijdjd fbabaeae Xihidklk aejegalg acacjaja gmgmagag mebeecec ecfc jfjfXbibi
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,9,
- Metre: 01010001 010101 11011101 010111 01111101 011001 01111101 011101 01111101 011111 111101111 110101 11010111 010111 11110001 011100 01111100 011101 11010111 110101 01111101 110111 01010101 010100 11011111 010101 11111101 010111 11111101 111110 11011101 111101 11010011 010101 11010101 010101 10011111 110111 11110101 110111 01110101 101111 01010101 110101 11110101 110111 01011101 111101 11010101 110101 01011111 010111 01111101 111111 11010100 110101 11010101 011101 11110111 1010101 11010111 111100 01010100 010100 11001111 110111 11011101 111101 10110111 111101 01010101 111111 11101100 110101 11010101 1100111 11010101 111101 11011101 110101 11111101 010111 11110101 111101 11111101 1100101 01110001 110111 01110101 111101 11011001 111101 11100101 110101 01110111 110101 01010101 010111 11111111 1110111
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 13
- Lines: 100
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, i, as, he
Anaphora
a, the, my, to, he, and, his