Analysis of A Day of Dream
Henry Kendall 1839 (Australia) – 1882 (Sydney)
On that bold hill, against a broad blue stream,
stood Arthur Phillip on a day of dream;
what time the mists of morning westward rolled
and heaven flowered on a bay of gold.
Here, in the hour that shines and sounds afar,
flamed first Old England's banner like a star;
Here in a time august with prayer and praise,
was born the nation of these splendid days,
and here, this land's majestic yesterday
of immemorial silence died away
Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 1111010111 1101010111 1101110101 0101010111 10010110101 1111010101 1001101101 1101011101 011101010 1010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 428 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 340 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 78 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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