Analysis of Native Companions Dancing
John Shaw Neilson 1872 (Penola, South Australia) – 1942 (Melbourne, Victoria)
On the blue plains in wintry days
The stately birds move in the dance.
Keen eyes have they, and quaint old ways
On the blue plains in wintry days.
The Wind, their unseen Piper, plays,
They strut, salute, reatreat, advance;
On the blue plains, in wintry days,
These stately birds move in the dance
| Scheme | AbaAabAb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110101 01011001 11110111 10110101 01101101 1101101 10110101 11011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 303 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 231 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 54 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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