Analysis of Outside
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
I want to be lighting my pipe on deck,
With my baggage safe below—
I want to be free of the crowded quay,
While the steamer’s swinging slow.
I want to be free of treachery,
And of sordid joys and griefs—
To be out of sight of the faces white,
And the waving of handkerchiefs.
I want to be making my ship-board friends,
I want to be free of the past—
I want to be laughing with kindred souls,
While the Heads are opening fast.
I want to be sailing far to-day,
On the tracks where the rovers go,
To feel the heave of the deck, and draw
The breath that the rovers know.
| Scheme | ABCBCDEDDFDFGBHB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101111 1110101 1111110101 1010101 111111100 0110101 1111110101 00101100 1111101111 11111101 1111101101 10111001 111110111 10110101 110110101 0110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 568 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 434 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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