Analysis of The Australian Outback
The ground is so dry it’s hard, and it’s cracked
The rivers don’t run in the outback
There’s no feed for the stock. It’s a farmer’s plight.
The dams have dried up. It’s a heartbreaking sight.
The Willy Willy stretched from the sky to the ground
Where the dust devils whirl around and around
There’s nothing to see, not a blade of grass
And there’s nothing to do, just hope it won’t last
We just pray for rain to soak the ground
And watch the water flowing all around
Then, overnight, the ground turns green
Flowers are blooming where the dust has been
There is life once more with a sigh of relief
We start once again and forget all the grief
The farmer is happy as he round’s up his herd
The sheep need shearing, as they are full of burs
As the water slowly finds its way to the sea,
To think we were worried it’s a cycle, you see
Then the earth dries out once again
The cracks appear, and we pray for rain
Scheme | XXAA BBCX BBXX DDXC EEXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 0111111011 01011001 11110110101 0111110101 010101101101 10110101001 1101110111 01101111111 111111101 0101010101 11010111 1011010111 11111101101 11101001101 010110111111 01110111111 101010111101 111010101011 10111101 010101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 949 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
About this poem
It’s about the Australian outback in times of drought
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Written on December 10, 2020
Submitted by dianepoole1 on November 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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