This is an analysis of Wide Spaces by Henry Lawson.
When my last long-beer has vanished and the truth is left unsaid;
When each sordid care is banished from my chair and from my bed,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaX bbb ccc Xdd eXeXccc
- Stanza lengths: 3,3,3,3,7,
- Metre: 111111101010101 111010100111011 11101010101101010 101110101011111 101111101010101 1011111010111001 111010101011101 101010101010111 101010111010111 10101100100111010 101010101010101 101001010100011 1110101010011101 101010101011111 101000110110101 011110101110111 101010101111001 101010100011111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 18
Repeated words/phrases
my, when, and, to
Anaphora
when, shall
Epiphora
not
