Analysis of Ireland Shall Rebel
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
WHILE tyrants rule the land,
Beneath the Irish skies;
While e’er the iron hand
Upon our people lies;
While sons are driven forth
In other lands to dwell,
Still in the South and North
Old Ireland will rebel!
Rebel, rebel!
Old Ireland will rebel!
While fanlike from below,
And pale against the skies,
That light of shame—the glow
Of burning homes—shall rise;
While hot indignant tears
From Irish hearts shall swell:—
Be it a thousand years,
Old Ireland will rebel!
Rebel, rebel!
Old Ireland will rebel!
Until the tyrant’s rod
Shall broken be in twain,
And on the dear old sod
Blest freedom treads again;
Or till our masters learn
To rule our country well,
The fires of hate shall burn!—
Old Ireland will rebel!
Rebel, rebel!
Old Ireland will rebel!
Scheme | ababcdcEEE fbfbxdxEEE gxgxhdhEEE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 110101 010101 110101 0110101 111101 010111 100101 1100110 1010 1100110 11101 010101 111101 110111 110101 110111 110101 1100110 1010 1100110 010101 110101 010111 110101 1110101 1110101 0101111 1100110 1010 1100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 737 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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