Analysis of Republican Pioneers
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
We're marching along, we're gath'ring strong'
We place on our right reliance,
We fling in the air, for all who care,
Our first loud notes of defiance!
We fling in the air,
For all who care,
Our first loud notes of defiance!
Laugh long and loud, you toady crowd,
At the men you call benighted,
In spite of your sneers, we are pioneers
Of "Australian States United"!
In spite of your sneers, We are pioneers
Of "Australian States United"!
Not long we'll stand as an outlaw band,
And be in our country lonely,
For soon to the sky shall ring our cry,
Our cry of "Australia only"!
For soon to the sky
Shall mount our cry,
Our cry of "Australia only"!
And we'll sleep sound in Australian ground,
'Neath the blue-cross flag star lighted,
When it freely waves o'er the grass-grown graves
Of the pioneers united!
When it floats and veers
O'er the pioneers
Of "Australian States United"!
Scheme | xabAbbA xxCDCD xefEffE xdxdccD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110011111 111101010 110011111 101111010 11001 1111 101111010 1101111 10111010 011111101 10101010 011111101 10101010 11111111 010101010 1110111101 101101010 11101 11101 101101010 011100101 10111110 11101100111 1001010 11101 10001 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 885 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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