Analysis of Australian Anthem



Maker of earth and sea,
What shall we render Thee?
All things are Thine!
Ours but from day to day
Still with one heart to pray,
“God bless our land alway,”
This land of Thine.

Mighty in brotherhood,
Mighty for God and good,
Let us be Thine.
Here let the nations see
Toil from the curse set free,
Labour and Liberty
One cause—and Thine.

Here let glad Plenty reign;
Here let none seek in vain
Our help and Thine—
No heart for want of friend
Fail ere the timely end,
But love for ever blend
Man's cause and Thine

Here let Thy peace abide;
Never may strife divide
This land of Thine.
Let us united stand,
One great Australian band,
Heart to heart, hand in hand,
Heart and hand Thine

Strong to defend our right,
Proud in all nations' sight,
Lowly in Thine—
One in all noble fame,
Still be our path the same,
Onward in Freedom's name,
Upward in Thine


Scheme aabccxB ddbaaab eebfffb ggBhhhb iibjjjb
Poetic Form Tetractys  (23%)
Metre 101101 111101 1111 1011111 111111 111011 1111 10010 101101 1111 110101 110111 10100 1101 111101 111101 10101 111111 110101 111101 1101 111101 101101 1111 110101 110101 111101 1011 1101101 101101 1001 101101 1110101 100101 1001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 828
Words 164
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7, 7
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 130
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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James Brunton Stephens

James Brunton Stephens was a Scottish-born Australian poet, author of Convict Once. more…

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