Analysis of The Pride That Comes After
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
It knows it all, it knows it all,
The world of groans and laughter,
It sneers of pride before a fall,
But the bitter pride comes after:
So leave me and I’ll seek you not,
So seek me and you’ll find me—
But till I know your hand-grip’s true
I’ll stand with hands behind me.
It knows it all, it knows it all,
The world of lies and sorrow—
It prates of pride before a fall,
And of the humble morrow;
But shame and blame are but a name,
Oh, heart that’s hurt past curing!
We’ll drink to-night the sinner’s pride,
The pride that’s most enduring.
They know it all, they know it all,
The curs that pass the sentence.
They preach of pride before a fall
And bitter black repentance:
So leave me when my star is set,
I’ll glory that you leave me,
While one has pride to love me yet
There’s nought on earth shall grieve me.
Scheme | Ababxcxc Adadxexe afafgcgc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 0111010 11110101 10101110 11101111 1110111 11111111 1111011 11111111 0111010 11110101 0101010 11011101 1111110 11110101 0111010 11111111 0111010 11110101 0101010 11111111 1101111 11111111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 823 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 205 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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