Analysis of Seaweed, Tussock and Fern
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Emblems of storm and danger,
Spindrift and mountain stern,
Plants that welcome the stranger—
Seaweed, tussock, and fern.
Known to the world-wide ranger,
Who sailed on the “Never Return,”
Emblems of storm and danger—
Flax and tussock and fern.
Plants that welcome the stranger,
Sea-swept and driven astern,
Beloved by the wide-world ranger—
Seaweed, tussock, and fern.
| Scheme | AbAB abAb AbaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1011010 10101 1110010 1101 1101110 11101001 1011010 10101 1110010 110101 01101110 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 376 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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