Analysis of Lines For Lizer-Jane's Album.

Joseph Furphy 1843 (Yering, Victoria) – 1912 (Claremont)



No two leaves that wave in Arden,
No two grass blades on the plain,
No two flowers that gem the garden,
Show as twins in form or vein,
No two grains of desert sand
Counterpart leave Nature's hand.

So the all resourceful mother
Forms her children each unique
Meet to supplement each other
In the purpose all should seek
Thus her aim deciphered shows
None must copy, none may pose —

Hence no trodden path can guide thee;
Thou art duplicate of none;
Untried issues shall betide thee;
Options new beneath the sun
And thou can'st not copy well
Failing perfect parallel —

Let thy course be independent
Steered by three bright stars above,
Ever shining soft, resplendent
Boding Faith and Hope and Love,
These shall guide thee to thy best,
Like the wise men's beacon blest.


Scheme ABABCC DEDEFF GAGAHH IJIJKK
Poetic Form
Metre 11111010 1111101 111011010 1110111 1111101 101101 10101010 1010101 11100110 0010111 1010101 1110111 11101111 1110011 01101011 1010101 01111101 100110 1111010 1111101 10101010 110101 1111111 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 792
Words 142
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Joseph Furphy

Joseph Furphy is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian novel". He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic. more…

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