Analysis of His Brother’s Keeper
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
By his paths through the parched desolation,
Hot rides and the terrible tramps;
By the hunger, the thirst, the privation
Of his work in the further most camps.
By his worth in the light that shall search men
And prove – ay! And justify each –
I place him in front of all churchmen
Who feel not, who know not – but preach!
Scheme | AXAX XBAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 111101010 11001001 1010010010 111001011 1110011111 0110101 111011110 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 329 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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