Analysis of The Good Old Concertina
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
’Twas merry when the hut was full
Of jolly girls and fellows.
We danced and sang until we burst
The concertina’s bellows.
From distant Darling to the sea,
From the Downs to Riverina,
Has e’er a gum in all the west
Not heard the concertina?
’Twas peaceful round the campfire blaze,
The long white branches o’er us;
We’d play the tunes of bygone days,
To some good old bush chorus.
Old Erin’s harp may sweeter be,
The Scottish pipes blow keener;
But sing an old bush song for me
To the good old concertina.
’Twas cosy by the hut-fire bright
When the pint pot passed between us;
We drowned the voice of the stormy night
With the good old concertina’s.
Though trouble drifts along the years,
And the pangs of care grow keener,
My heart is gladdened when it hears
That good old concertina.
Scheme | XAXABCXC DEDEBFBC GEGAXFXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 1101010 11010111 0110 11010101 10111 11010101 1100010 11010101 0111011 1101111 1111110 1111101 0101110 11111111 10110010 110101101 10111011 110110101 10111 11010101 00111110 1111111 1110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 787 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 205 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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