Analysis of To Tom Bracken
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
O had you tracked where Kendall* trod
I think you would be kneelin’
Three times a week and thankin’ God
That you are of New Zealan’!
For this I’ll say, to make it short,
An’ keep my tongue from clacken—
The people are a kinder sort
You’re singin’ for, Tom Bracken.
| Scheme | ABABCBCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 111111 1101011 111111 11111111 111111 01010101 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 281 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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