Analysis of To Roumania
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
Rifles of the Rear Guard,
Rattling through the rain,
Falling back and falling back
To make a stand again –
Rifles of the Rear Guard,
Shall you die in vain?
Rifles of the Rear Guard.
In the cold and wet;
Rifles of the Rear Guard,
We’re coming – do not fret!
The rifles of the Rear Guard
Shall be the Vanguard yet.
| Scheme | AbxxAb AcAcac |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011 10101 1010101 110101 101011 11101 101011 00101 101011 010111 0101011 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 315 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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