This is an analysis of Young Kings And Old by Henry Lawson.
The Young King fights in the trenches and the Old King fights in the rear—
Because he is old and feeble, and not for a thought of fear.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd ddee ccff ggcc hhXX
- Stanza lengths: 8,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0111001010111001 011011101110101 0111101010111101 011010011101101001 00100111000100111 110010101100111 10100101010100101 101101011010110101 01110010110111 10111001011100111 101001101010101101 1010010010111001001 11011011010101001 0101111010111101 10110111010111001 10100111010100101 011100100110101 1110110110100111 1100100101101111 110110101101011 110111101101111 111010101100101 1010111101101110 1110110101111101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
king, and, fights, old, young, for, or, ever, with, by
Anaphora
the, or, and
