This is an analysis of The Pride That Comes After by Henry Lawson.

It knows it all, it knows it all,
The world of groans and laughter,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbabcdXd AeaeXfXf agagcdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 01010101 0101110 01010101 10101110 11111111 1111111 11111111 1101011 01010101 0101110 010010101 1001010 11111101 1111110 11010101 0111010 11011101 0111010 11010101 1101010 11111101 1101111 11110111 10111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

it, me, i, ll, of, s, they

Anaphora

so