This is an analysis of The Mountain Splitter by Henry Lawson.
He works in the glen where the waratah grows,
And the gums and the ashes are tall,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXbc dbdb dada caca dada eded fgfg hbhb
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11001101001 101101011 11111001001 101010001 11001011001 111101101 010110110101 101101001 11001001011 001011101 01001101001 001101001 11101101101 101011011 01001111011 111011001 11101011001 11001101 11101001001 001101011 01001011011 101001111 101001111001 101001001 11101101101 101101001 11001101101 001001101 01001011001 11011001 010101101001 101001011 01001001101 11001011 010011001101 101001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, his
Anaphora
and