Analysis of Andy's Gone With Cattle
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Our Andy's gone to battle now
'Gainst Drought, the red marauder;
Our Andy's gone with cattle now
Across the Queensland border.
He's left us in dejection now;
Our hearts with him are roving.
It's dull on this selection now,
Since Andy went a-droving.
Who now shall wear the cheerful face
In times when things are slackest?
And who shall whistle round the place
When Fortune frowns her blackest?
Oh, who shall cheek the squatter now
When he comes round us snarling?
His tongue is growing hotter now
Since Andy cross'd the Darling.
The gates are out of order now,
In storms the `riders' rattle;
For far across the border now
Our Andy's gone with cattle.
Poor Aunty's looking thin and white;
And Uncle's cross with worry;
And poor old Blucher howls all night
Since Andy left Macquarie.
Oh, may the showers in torrents fall,
And all the tanks run over;
And may the grass grow green and tall
In pathways of the drover;
And may good angels send the rain
On desert stretches sandy;
And when the summer comes again
God grant 'twill bring us Andy.
Scheme | ABAB ACAC DEDE ACAC AFAF EXEB GBGB XEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 101011101 1101010 101011101 010110 111011 10111110 11110101 110101 11110101 011111 01110101 1101010 11110101 1111110 11110101 1101010 01111101 010110 11010101 10101110 1110101 0101110 0111111 11011 110100101 0101110 01011101 011010 01110101 1101010 01010101 1111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,068 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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