Analysis of Take It Fightin’
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
When you’ve got no chance at all,
Take it fightin’.
When you’re driven to the wall,
Take it fightin’.
There are things that we delight in
For the wrongin’ or the rightin’,
But the fool you cannot frighten
(That you cannot bluff nor frighten)
He is King of all.
(Take it fightin’.)
When you’re down an’ out an’ utter,
Take it fightin’;
When they’ve put you in the gutter,
Take it fightin’.
There are things that we delight in
For the wrongin’ or the rightin’,
But the fool you cannot frighten
(That you cannot bluff nor frighten)
He is King of all.
(Take it fightin’.)
| Scheme | aBaB BBBBAB cBcB BBBBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 1111111 111 1110101 111 11111010 101101 10111010 11101110 11111 111 11111110 111 11110010 111 11111010 101101 10111010 11101110 11111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 588 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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