Analysis of Swags Up!
John Le Gay Brereton 1871 (Sydney) – 1933
Swags up! and yet I turn upon the way.
The yellow hill against a dapple sky,
With tufts and clumps of thorn, the bush whereby
All through the wonder-pregnant night I lay
Until the silver stars were merged in grey
Our fragrant camp, demand a parting sigh:
New tracks, new camps, and hearts for ever high,
Yet brief regret with every welcome day.
Dear dreamy earth, receding flickering lamp,
Dear dust wherein I found this night a home,
Still for a memory's sake I turn and cling,
Then take the road for many a distant camp,
Among what hills, by what pale whispering foam,
With eager faith for ever wandering.
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Metre | 1101110101 010101011 1101110101 1101010111 0101010101 10101010101 1111011101 11011100101 11010101001 1101111101 110111101 11011100101 01111111001 1101110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 602 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 478 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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