Analysis of To The Irish Delegates
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Farewell! The gold we send shall be a token
Of that which in our hearts is growing strong;
You asked our sympathy, and we have spoken—
“They wrong us who our brothers rob and wrong.”
Tell Ireland—tell her in her desolation,
That hearts within the South for her have bled—
That scalding tears of helpless indignation
By eyes that read her cruel wrongs are shed.
Helpless no more! but strong to act hereafter,
For silenced arc the “loyal subjects’” sneers—
Too long have Ireland’s wrongs been words of laughter—
Arch-mockery to tickle British ears.
Tell Ireland that they lie of us—they slander,
Who say we care not for another’s wrong;
For we are not the men to kneel and pander
To tyranny, because the tyrant’s strong.
Take back across the waves Australia’s message,
And say our hearts are big, and strong our hands,
Tell Ireland that for her is surest presage
Of fate as fair as of these Southern lands.
Scheme | ABAB ACAC DEDE DBDB XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1011111010 11101011101 111010001110 11111010101 11001000010 1101011011 1101110010 1111010111 10111111010 1101010101 11110111110 1100110101 110011111110 11111111 11110111010 1100010101 110101110 011011101101 110011011010 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 923 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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