Analysis of The Filling of the Swamps
William Henry Ogilvie 1869 (Scotland) – 1963
Hurrah for the storm-clouds sweeping!
Hurrah for the driving rain!
The dull earth out of her sleeping
Is wakened to life again.
There are mirrors of crystal shining
Whenever the cloud-wrack breaks,
And grass-clad banks are twining
A wreath for the fairy lakes - - -
Lakes that are links in an endless chain
For the water is out in the swamps again!
Hurrah for the red-gums standing
So high on the range above!
Hurrah for the she-oaks bending
So low to the wave they love!
Hurrah for the reed-stems slender!
Hurrah for the shade they fling,
For the curve of the cygnet's splendour,
The sheen of the black duck's wing!
Hurrah for the clouds and the glorious rain - - -
The water is out in the swamps again!
Hurrah for the laughing water,
The songs that the streamlets sing!
Whish! The teal duck's mate has sought her
With a stroke of his mottled wing!
Hurrah for the deepening shadows,
The ibis's eagle-eyed,
The dash of the purple swallows,
To bury their breasts in the tide!
Woe! It is woe to the Drought-King's reign!
The water is out in the swamps again!
| Scheme | a b a c a d a d b c a e a e f a f a b C f a f a g h g h b C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 01101110 0110101 01111010 111101 111011010 0100111 0111110 0110101 111101101 10101100101 01101110 1110101 01101110 1110111 01101110 0110111 1011011 0110111 01101001001 0101100101 01101010 011011 10111110 10111101 01101001 01101 01101010 11011001 111110111 0101100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,066 |
| Words | 195 |
| Sentences | 17 |
| Stanzas | 30 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 07, 2023
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