Analysis of Toowoomba
George Essex Evans 1863 (London) – 1909 (Toowoomba)
Dark purple, chased with sudden gloom and glory,
Like waves in wild unrest,
Low-wooded billows and steep summits hoary,
Ridge, slope, and mountain crest,
Cease at her feet with faces turned to meet her,
Enthroned, apart, serene
Above her vassal hills whose voices greet her
The Mountain Queen.
Fair City, unto whom as to a lover
Our tender memories run—
Childhood and Springtide’s careless hours are over,
And Summer days begun.
Behold, amid what wealth of vine and meadow
Thy maiden feet are set;
And on thy brow, undimmed of care or shadow,
Thy civic coronet!
There have been dreams for thee by men who slumber
Sound where no voice may reach,
Who, ere they joined the host that none may number,
Saw what they strove to teach—
The vision of a city, wide and splendid,
Crowning the Range’s wall,
And o’er thy sweeping plateau, far extended,
Welcome for all!
Scheme | ABABCDCDCECEFGFG CHCHIJIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101010 110101 11010011010 110101 11011101110 10101 01010111010 0101 11010111010 10101001 1011010110 010101 0101111101 110111 011111111 110101 11111111110 111111 11110111110 111111 01010101010 100101 01110011010 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 854 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 337 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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