Analysis of The Australian Flag
Francis William Lauderdale Adams 1862 – 1893
PURE blue Flag of heaven
With your silver stars,
Not beside those Crosses'
Blood-stained torture-bars:
Not beside the token
The foul sea-harlot gave,
Pure blue Flag of heaven,
Must you ever wave!
No, but young exultant,
Free from care and crime,
The soulless selfish England
Of this later time:
No, but, faithful, noble
Rising from her grave,
Flag of light and liberty,
For ever must you wave!
| Scheme | AbcbadAdefgfhdid |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 11101 101110 11101 101010 011101 111110 11101 111010 11101 0101010 11101 111010 10101 1110100 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 386 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 308 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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