Analysis of At The Beating Of A Drum
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Fear ye not the stormy future, for the Battle Hymn is strong,
And the armies of Australia shall not march without a song;
The glorious words and music of Australia's song shall come
When her true hearts rush together at the beating of a drum.
We may not be there to hear it – 'twill be written in the night,
And Australia's foes shall fear it in the hour before the fight.
The glorious words and music from a lonely heart shall come
When our sons shall rush to danger at the beating of the drum.
He shall be unknown who writes it; he shall soon forgotten be,
But the song shall ring through ages as a song of liberty.
And I say the words and music of our battle hymn shall come,
When Australia wakes in anger at the beating of a drum.
Scheme | AABB CCBB DDBB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111010101010111 001010101110101 010010101010111 101110101010101 111111111110001 0010111100100101 010010101010111 1101111101010101 111011111110101 101111101011100 0110101011010111 101010101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 744 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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