Analysis of Waratah and Wattle
Though poor and in trouble I wander alone,
With rebel cockade in my hat,
Though friends may desert me, and kindred disown,
My country will never do that!
You may sing of the Shamrock, the Thistle, the rose,
Or the three in a bunch, if you will;
But I know of a country that gathered all those,
And I love the great land where the Waratah grows.
And the Wattle-bough blooms on the hill.
Australia! Australia! so fair to behold-
While the blue sky is arching above;
The stranger should never have need to be told,
That the Wattle-bloom means that her heart is of gold.
And the Waratah's red with her love.
Australia! Australia! most beautiful name,
Most kindly and bountiful land;
I would die every death that might save her from shame,
If a black cloud should rise on the stand;
But whatever the quarrel, whoever her foes,
Let them come! Let them come when they will!
Though the struggle be grim, 'tis Australia that knows
That her children shall fight while the Waratah grows,
And the Wattle blooms out on the hill.
Scheme | ABABCDCCD EFEEF GHGHCDCCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001011001 1101011 11110101001 11011011 11110101001 101001111 111101011011 0110111011 001011101 01001011101 101111001 01011011111 101011101111 0011101 01001011001 11001001 1111001111011 101111101 11001001001 111111111 101011101011 1010111011 001011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,024 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 5, 9 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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