This is an analysis of Success by Henry Lawson.

Did you see that man riding past,
With shoulders bowed with care?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababacacdedeffff gfgfhfhf
  • Stanza lengths: 16,8,
  • Metre: 01111101 010101 101000101 100101 11010111 111101 11011101 111111 11111111 110111 11010101 111111 11111101 000111 11010101 010001 110101001 011101 11010101 111101 01011111 110100 01010101 010100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

he, no, his

Anaphora

he, no