Analysis of Jack Cornstalk
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Jack Cornstalk as a drover born,
Jack Cornstalk gaunt and tan,
Jack Cornstalk leaves his love forlorn,
Jack Cornstalk man to man.
Jack Cornstalk as a careless scamp,
With day-dreams in his head;
Jack Cornstalk on his lone, wide camp,
Jack Cornstalk with his dead,
Jack Cornstalk at his best and worst.
The day dawns on his brow,
Jack Cornstalk’s country must be first –
Advance Australia now!
| Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
| Metre | 1110101 11101 1111101 11111 1110101 111011 1111111 11111 1111101 011111 1110111 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 310 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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