Analysis of Flag Song
Frank Samuel Williamson 1865 (Fitzroy, Victoria) – 1936 (Melbourne )
Dear flag! Old flag! O, the blue and white,
Floating in the years long gone,
How our pulses beat,
Mocking at defeat,
Following the standard on.
Proud flag, New flag, purple and the gold
Shouting past the legions go,
Carried onward fleet
Knowing no retreat,
Flouting at the winds that blow.
Old flag, New flag, colours of the sky
Gleaming as the seasons roll,
Morning's blue attire,
Sunset's purple fire,
Golden braid on eve's dark stole.
Clear voice, young voice, ringing through the school,
Fluting in the sweet time flown,
Youth so debonair,
May not linger there,
Youngsters are to grey men grown.
Old school, kind school, fostering the weak,
Never brighter days have shone,
Boys from evil stayed,
Gallant men are made,
Following the Standard on.
Scheme | xxaaB xcaac xdeed xfggf xfhhB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (36%) |
Metre | 111110101 1000111 110101 10101 1000101 111110001 1010101 10101 10101 1010111 11111101 1010101 101010 11010 1011111 111110101 100111 1101 11101 1011111 111110001 1010111 11101 10111 1000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 732 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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