This is an analysis of That Pretty Girl In The Army by Henry Lawson.

“Now I often sit at Watty’s, when the night is very near
With a head that’s full of jingles – and the fumes of bottled beer;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 111011101010101 001110101010101 111110101011101 101011101010001 011010101010101 001110101011101 111110101110101 101010101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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