This is an analysis of The Cattle-Dog's Death by Henry Lawson.
The Plains lay bare on the homeward route,
And the march was heavy on man and brute;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabb aabb ccaa bbdd ddXb eecc bbff bbbb bbgg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 011110101 1011101111 10100111101 1011110101 0101101111 011110101 1111111111 010100101 111100011 111100101 10100100101 1010110101 010100101 1111100101 1011110101 1110111111 10101101101 1110100111 110101110 011110101 110101101 010100101 110100111 111110101 1010100101 011100101 111100111 1110100101 010101111 0110100101 1111110101 1010100111 1110101101 011110111 1011111101 1011111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
on, and, we
Anaphora
and
