Analysis of The Austral-aise
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
Fellers of Australier,
Blokes an' coves an' coots,
Shift yer --- carcases,
Move yer --- boots.
Gird yer --- loins up,
Get yer --- gun,
Set the --- enermy
An' watch the blighters run.
CHORUS:
Get a --- move on,
Have some --- sense.
Learn the --- art of
Self de- --- -fence.
Have some --- brains be-
Neath yer --- lids.
An' swing a --- sabre
Fer the missus an' the kids.
Chuck supportin' --- posts,
An' strikin' --- lights,
Support a ---- fam'ly an'
Strike fer yer --- rights.
CHORUS:
Get a --- move on, etc.
Joy is --- fleetin',
Life is --- short.
Wot's the use uv wastin' it
All on --- sport?
Hitch yer --- tip-dray
To a --- star.
Let yer --- watchword be
"Australi- --- -ar!"
CHORUS:
Get a --- move on, etc.
'0w's the --- nation
Goin' to ixpand
'Lest us --- blokes an' coves
Lend a --- 'and?
'Eave yer --- apathy
Down a --- chasm;
'Ump yer --- burden with
Enthusi- --- -asm.
CHORUS:
Get a --- move on, etc.
W'en old mother Britain
Calls yer native land
Take a --- rifle
In yer --- 'and
Keep yer --- upper lip
Stiff as stiff kin be,
An' speed a --- bullet for
Post- --- -ity.
CHORUS:
Get a --- move on, etc.
W'en the --- bugle
Sounds "Ad- --- -vance"
Don't be like a flock er sheep
In a --- trance
Biff the --- Kaiser
Where it don't agree
Spifler- --- -cate him
To Eternity.
CHORUS:
Get a --- move on, etc.
Fellers of Australier,
Cobbers, chaps an' mates,
Hear the --- German
Kickin' at the gates!
Blow the --- bugle,
Beat the --- drum,
Upper-cut an' out the cow
To kingdom- --- -come!
CHORUS:
Get a --- move on,
Have some --- sense.
Learn the --- art of
Self de- --- -fence.
Scheme | Abbbxcdc EFGHG ijajxkxk EL cmxmaaia EL cmxnidxd EL cxonxiam EL opxpaadi EL Aqcqodxd EFGHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 11111 111 111 1111 111 101 11011 10 1011 111 1011 111 1111 111 11010 1010101 111 111 01011 1111 10 1011100 111 111 101111 111 1111 101 1111 11 10 1011100 100010 111 11111 100 11100 1010 11101 11 10 1011100 100111010 11101 1010 010 11101 11111 110101 11 10 1011100 1001010 111 1110101 001 1010 11101 111 10100 10 1011100 1011 1111 1010 1101 1010 101 1011101 1101 10 1011 111 1011 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,602 |
Words | 315 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 76 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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