Analysis of Lilydale
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Three hills lead on to Lilydale,
Where runs the White Horse Road.
Three slopes dip down into the vale
The placid vale of Lilydale,
That somnolent abode
Of dreams that compass olden days,
Of tranquil life and easy ways,
Where transient beauty tints her trees
With golden Autumn's harmonies.
For Lilydale is now a dame
Unhurried and content.
Traditions that attend her name
Serve her from all she needs of fame,
Who scorns the brandishment
Of modern haste and modern show.
And, as the speeding motors go
Down thro' her street, to hasten by,
She marks them with a sleepy sigh.
Amid her grazing kine she goes
The 'milkers', 'stores' and 'fats.'
A cow she venerates, and knows
How well to hoard the wealth that flows
From her rich river flats
One passion lures her from her course;
Her great love for a likely horse.
Tempting to revels now and then
With her twin dreamer, Yarra Glen.
Three hills lead on to Lilydale,
Three slopes dip down below.
And every hill, and every vale
Tell once more the olden tale
Of days when life moved slow;
Save when the dashing fours-in-hand
Came clattering to this new-found land,
And wakened this bucolic spot
To life's high fever - long forgot.
Scheme | Abaabccdd exeebffgg hihhijjkk Aaaaallmm |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 110111 11110101 010111 110001 11110101 11010101 11010101 11010100 111101 010010 01010101 10111111 1101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11110101 01010111 01101 0111001 11110111 101101 11010101 01110101 10110101 1011011 111111 111101 0100101001 1110101 111111 11010101 110011111 0110101 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,148 |
Words | 212 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9, 9 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 232 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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