This is an analysis of Since The Cities Are The Cities by Henry Lawson.
FOOLS can parrot-cry the prophet when the proof is close at hand,
And the blind can see the danger when the foe is in the land!…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc dddd eeff gghh ffii jjXa eeaa aakk aagg hXff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 111010101010111 101110101010001 111010101110101 1110101010010101 101111101011111 101100101010101 111000101010111 111110101111101 101010101111101 111011100011001 101110111110101 111010111111111 101110101011100 111011101010001 111010101011101 111111100110001 111000111010101 001111101010111 111010101010111 111101100010101 101111101011111 101110111010101 101110101010111 101001101111101 111010101011111 001011101011101 1010110010101110 101010101111101 111010101011101 1110100101111111 111110101010111 111010101010111 001111101011111 111010101010111 111011101011001 101110100110101 1001110101010001 101001101010101 1001010101111111 1001110101110111 111111101111110 111111101110100 000110101011101 101110101011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
not, and, we, us, our, men, every, or, all, tis, lean
Anaphora
shall, every
