Australian Spring
Hugh McCrae 1876 (Melbourne) – 1958
The bleak faced Winter, with his braggart winds
(Coiled to his scrawny throat in tattered black),
Posts down the highway of his late domain,
His spurs like leeches in his bleeding hack.
He rides to reach the huge embattled hills
Where all the brooding summer he may lie
Engulfed in Kosciusko’s silent snow,
His shadow waving o’er the lofty sky.
And jolly Spring, with love and laughter gay
Full fountaining, lets loose her tide of bees
Upon the waking ember-flame of bloom
New kindled in the honey-scented trees.
The old, old man forsakes the chimney-hole,
Where erst he warmed his bones and lazy blood,
And, clasping Molly to his wheezing breast,
Triumphant floats, cock-whoop, upon the flood.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 710 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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