Analysis of Jack Cornstalk in his Teens
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
“If not in the Garden, he had in the ark,
To neither the beasts’ nor the passengers’ joy.
Full many a boyish and monkeyish lark,
The sandy-complexioned, the freckle-faced boy.
And down through the ages he rattles the drums,
While armies and nations each other destroy;
The century goes, and the century comes
But he lives on forever, the freckle-faced boy.
All over the world are the lands of his birth;
And when Time and Transgression this planet destroy
He will come to advise the last man on earth
The fatherly, chummy, the freckle-faced boy.”
Scheme | ABAB CBCB DBDB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11001011001 11001101001 110010011 010101011 01101011001 11001011001 01001001001 111101001011 11001101111 011001011001 11110101111 01001001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 25, 2023
- 29 sec read
- 85 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Jack Cornstalk in his Teens" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/17833/jack-cornstalk-in-his-teens>.
Discuss this Henry Lawson poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In