This is an analysis of Rejected by Henry Lawson.
She says she’s very sorry, as she sees you to the gate;
You calmly say ‘Good-bye’ to her while standing off a yard,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcaca aaaA dadA eaea aaaA baba aXaA aaaa fafA gagA
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101111001 11010100110101 111111101010111 1111111 011011100010111 111010101110101 111100101011101 1011111 111010101011101 11010100011101 11110101111101 1111111 11010011010001 11000101010101 101011100110101 1111111 101011100010101 11010101110111 11011101010011 1011111 11011101110011 11110101010001 111000100010101 1111111 11100101110101 110111110111 11110101010101 1111111 01010100111101 11001101110100 11110111111011 1111111 11111111111111 01110100011101 01010111111101 1111011 11101101110110 001010100111101 111011101010001 1111111 11111101011111 111100101110101 111110100011001 1111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
you, she, and, your, think
Anaphora
you
