This is an analysis of The Vote Of Thanks Debate by Henry Lawson.
The Other Night I got the blues and tried to smile in vain.
I couldn’t chuck a chuckle at the foolery of Twain;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcccc ddcceeff ffddeegg ffggaabb aaaaccgg hhaaccaa ggiiaaXi cXccaabb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 01011101110101 1110101010001 11110101010011 11110100001001 11110111111101 11010101111101 01010000011101 11010100010101 11000101110101 11010101110111 01010100111001 11010101110101 11111101110001 11110101010101 11110101110101 101010100010111 01010100110101 11010101010111 11110101010111 11110101110101 1101110010011 11010101110101 11010101110101 11010101010111 11110100111111 11110100010101 11011101110101 101010001111101 11110001111101 110110100110001 11111101110011 11111101011101 11011101010101 11010101010111 11111111111101 01111111111101 11011101010111 11010111110101 11111111010101 11010110110011 01010101010101 11010100110101 11010111110111 11100100111111 11010101010101 11011101110101 11110101011111 1101010111101 01000101110101 11000111010111 11011100000101 11010101110111 1110101010011 11000100111101 11010101010111 11011111011011 01111110110001 10010001110110 10110101011111 11011010110101 01010101011101 11011011010101 11010101111111 11010100110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
to, i, of, we, you, other, your, and, work, for, they, that
Anaphora
i, your, we, and, they
