Analysis of All Ashore!
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
The rattling ‘donkey’ ceases,
The bell says we must part,
You long slab of good-nature,
And poetry and art!
We’ll miss your smile in Sydney,
We’ll miss your care-free air;
Where care-free airs are needed
And grins are growing rare,
Good Health! Good pay! Good liquor,
And good pals, night and day,
Good morning and good evening –
God bless you, Hugh McCrae!
Scheme | XABA XCXC BDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0101010 011111 1111110 010001 1111010 111111 1111110 011101 1111110 011101 1100110 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 364 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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