Analysis of The Old White Horse
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
In olden days the Old White Horse
Stood brave against the sky;
And ne'er a teamster shaped his course
To pass the good inn by.
Far shone its lights o' winter nights
To beckon weary men;
By the long road where calm life flowed
It loomed a landmark then.
And many a good right yarn was spun
Mid pewter-pots agleam;
And mnay a friendship here begun
Grew riper as the team
Drew down the road its precious load
Of merchandise or mail,
And faced the ills of long, steep hills
To far-off Lilydale.
The tap-room rang to many a song,
While patient teams stood there;
And talk and laughter loud and long
Held nothing of despair;
For spoke they then, those bearded men,
Of fortunes shining near
Spoke with a grand faith in their land,
A faith that laughed at fear.
Gone are the days and gone the ways
Of easy, calm content;
Yet few supposed an epoch closed
The day the old inn went.
Now, past brick homes trim and cold,
The swift cars, speeding by,
Shall see no beacon as of old,
Shall see no brave White Horse stand bold
Against a hopeful sky.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010111 110101 01010111 110111 11111101 110101 10111111 11011 010011111 110101 01010101 11101 11011101 11011 01011111 1111 011111001 110111 01010101 110101 11111101 110101 11011011 011111 11010101 110110 11011101 010111 1111101 011101 11110111 11111111 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,013 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 9 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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