This is an analysis of Sez You by Henry Lawson.
When the heavy sand is yielding backward from your blistered feet,
And across the distant timber you can SEE the flowing heat;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccc cXddccc eebbccc ffeXXcccXddccaacc
- Stanza lengths: 7,7,7,17,
- Metre: 101010101001101 101010101110101 1110111010100101 1001100100010101 111101100011101 101011101111101 101111101111111 111000101010101 111110101010101 101010111010101 101111101011101 111101100010101 101010111111111 101111101111111 111010101110101 111011111111101 111010101011101 1010101010011101 101011110110101 111011100010111 101011101011011 111010100010101 101111101010001 101010110110100 11110 1111111111 111110101011111 101011111010111 101111101110111 101010101010001 001010111110111 10101110110111 101010101110111 0101011101110111 101111001110101 111010101011101 101011101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 37
Repeated words/phrases
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