This is an analysis of The Vanguard [11] by Henry Lawson.
They say, in all kindness, I’m out of the hunt—
Too old and too deaf to be sent to the Front.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebb ffgghh hhbbii bjddkkXjjkkee
- Stanza lengths: 12,6,6,13,
- Metre: 11011011001 11111001001 01001001001 0010111111001 100111001001 110101101011 111101011011 111101101001 101001111011 1111010110001 111111011111 111001011010 01001001001 11001011001 110010110010 111011110010 01101110101 111011111001 11011111001 111101101101 111011001101 111011011101 101111011001 11011001101 11101111001 1110011110010 111001011001 01101111011 11011011111 010111110011 1110111101 11001001001 11001101011 11001101111 111011011011 111101011011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 36
Repeated words/phrases
of, to, and, no, we
Anaphora
and, our
