This is an analysis of The Jolly Dead March by Henry Lawson.
If I ever be worthy or famous—
Which I’m sadly beginning to doubt—…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXdbdeeee cfcfghgh iXIJdjdJ ihihkckcc jljlmcmcic jgjgmjmj iXIJdjdJXbdbdeeee
- Stanza lengths: 16,8,8,9,10,8,17,
- Metre: 0110010110 111001001 1010111011 11011011 111110011 11101001 1111110011 01001011 110011111 11101001 010011010 01111001 1111110110 11011001 0010010110 01011101 111111011 11111011 111110111 01101101 111011110 01001001 1010110010 01111111 111111010 11011011 110010110 111001001 110111110 01001001 110110010 0010011001 1000111010 101111001 10011110010 101111101 110010110 11001101 1011011010 001101001 1101110101 1110010010 01001101 110110010 101011101 0100110010 101101010 1010110010 00101101 111011010 111011111 010111110 11101001 0111010010 111101001 1110010110 111101110 1010110110 01111101 110111010 11111011 110010110 111001001 1010111110 111111101 110110010 0010011001 110011010 11011101 010010110 01111001 110110110 11011001 010010110 01001101
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 75
Repeated words/phrases
to, thump, and, me
Anaphora
thump, and, i, there
