Analysis of Lachlan Side
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
REGION of damper and junk and tea,
Region of pastures wide!
The fairest spots in the world to me
Are out on the Lachlan Side.
CHORUS:
I’m off to the Lachlan Side,
Where the bright lagoons are wide;
I long for river and grass and tree,
And someone dearer than all to me,
Far out on the Lachlan Side.
My heart was hardened against advice
And reason I would not see,
For by the ocean a paradise
The city appeared to me.
CHORUS:
I’m off to the Lachlan Side, etc.
“Not I for a bumpkin’s fate,” I cried,
“I’ll not be a country clown!
A life’s too slow on the Lachlan Side;
I’ll go to the shining town!”
CHORUS:
I’m off to the Lachlan Side, etc.
I’ve lost the battle, I strike the flag,
The town may sink in the tide;
A wiser head and a lighter swag
I take to the Lachlan Side.
CHORUS:
I’m off to the Lachlan Side, etc.
When crops of wool on the plains shall grow,
Shall flourish in drought or rain,
And when the shearers begin to mow
I’ll come to the town again.
CHORUS:
I’m off to the Lachlan Side, etc.
But now I go to a kinder fate,
If her love still conquers pride;
Her heart was true when she sobbed, “I’ll wait
For you on the Lachlan Side.”
CHORUS:
I’m off to the Lachlan Side,
Where the bright lagoons are wide;
I long for river and grass and tree,
And someone dearer than all to me,
Far out on the Lachlan Side.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101100101 101101 010100111 1110101 10 1110101 1010111 111100101 01101111 1110101 111100101 0101111 11010010 0100111 10 1110101100 11101111 1110101 011110101 1110101 10 1110101100 110101101 0111001 010100101 1110101 10 1110101100 111110111 1100111 01010111 1110101 10 1110101100 111110101 1011101 011111111 1110101 10 1110101 1010111 111100101 01101111 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,316 |
Words | 266 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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