This is an analysis of Taking His Chance by Henry Lawson.
They stood by the door of the Inn on the Rise;
May Carney looked up in the bushranger's eyes:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbb Xcddee ccbbbb ffXXee ddffee Xfeeff bXbbbb
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11101001101 11011001001 11011011011 11101011111 01101001001 11001111111 11011011001 11001101001 11011101001 101011001011 11011001101 11001001001 11101011001 11101101001 11001001011 11011001011 11001001011 01011001011 11001101001 11111101011 01111001101 11001111101 11001001001 11001111001 11001101001 01001011101 11011011001 01001001111 11011111101 11111001001 11111001011 11111001001 11001001001 01001011001 01101101011 11101001001 01010011101 11001011101 01001101101 11001111101 11001111001 11111111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
you, he, her, they, of, and
Anaphora
they
