This is an analysis of The Scamps by Henry Lawson.
Of home, name and wealth and ambition bereft—
We are children of fortune and luck:…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefegeg eeeegege heheiaia gegeejej
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 01111101001 111001011 1011001011001 111001101 111001111101 1010111010 111011011001 1111010010 111011101010 1110100001 101001011001 101101011 0110110011001 001111011 01001111001 101011001 111011101001 001101001 01111011011 111001111 111011111011 101001001 101001001001 101111011 111011101001 111011001 111111101101 101001001 111011101011 011011111 111001111001 111111001 101011011011 111011001 111101001001 101011001 001101011101 111011001 111101111001 101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, we, they
Anaphora
they, and, we
