This is an analysis of The City Bushman by Henry Lawson.
It was pleasant up the country, City Bushman, where you went,
For you sought the greener patches and you travelled like a gent;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbXX ccddaaeX aaffaagg hhddaaaaii jjcXbb ffXXffkkffXkll ccmmhh mmggnnllkk kkffffff mmaahhXbooaaXeaa XXgXaappggkk jjffbb aakkkkjjkkXX
- Stanza lengths: 6,8,8,10,6,14,6,10,8,16,12,6,12,
- Metre: 011010101010111 111010101110101 111011101011101 111010101011001 111011100011101 111001101111111 101111101010101 111010101010111 101010101010101 101010101010110 1110101000111001 111010100010001 101110101010001 101000100010101 101100101010101 1010100101011101 101010101110001 001010101010101 0010010101110111 111010100010101 101110101110101 001000100010001 101110101011101 111110101111101 101011101110101 101011100110101 101010101010111 101010100010101 001010111010111 101001101010001 1100111010101001 111011101011101 001110100010001 101000101011101 101011100010001 111011101010111 1011001010101001 101010110010001 111010101010101 101010101011101 101000111010001 101110101010111 110011100010101 1011010101010101 1110001010101101 101110101110101 1010011011101001 101011101010101 11101111010001 111010101010001 111010101010101 1110100101010101 111010101010111 111011101010101 101000101111101 001011101011001 111010101010101 011011101010111 011010101011101 101110101010111 111010111010001 111110100011011 111000101010111 1010011010010111 011011101010001 10110101010101 101010101011101 101010101011101 111011100001101 1010101001010101 111010101010111 101010100010001 111010101110101 101010111111101 111010100010101 111110100011101 111010101010101 111011101010101 111010101010101 111010100010101 101010101011111 111010101011101 101010101011001 101010101010001 101010101010101 101010101010001 101110101010101 101010101010101 101010101010111 101110101010101 101010101010101 101010100010001 111010101110101 1010101110101110 101110101110111 0010101011110010 111010101110101 111010110100101 111110101011101 011010101110101 011010100010101 111110101110111 101011101010101 111111110010101 101111101010011 101010101110111 101111101010110 1010010001010101 111010100011101 101010111110101 101110101010001 001010101010101 111110101010101 001010101110111 101010101010111 101010101110001 101010101010001 101110101010001 101010100010011 001000101010001 111010101010011 101011101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 14
- Lines: 123
Repeated words/phrases
you, and, of, who, it, we, to, be, his, when, in
Anaphora
and, of, then, there, when, did
