Analysis of Sydney
Arthur Henry Adams 1872 (Lawrence) – 1936 (Sydney, New South Wales)
In her grey majesty of ancient stone
She queens it proudly, though the sun's caress
Her piteous cheeks, ravished of bloom, confess,
And her dark eyes his bridegroom glance have know.
Robed in her flowing parks, serene, alone,
She fronts the east; and with the tropic stress
Her smooth brow ripples into weariness;
Yet hers the sea for footstool, and for throne
A continent predestined. Round her trails
The turbid squalor of her streets, and dim
Into the dark heat-haze her domes flow up;
Her long lean fingers, with their grey-old nails,
Giving her thirsty lips to the cool brim
Of the bronze beauty of her harbour's cup.
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Metre | 0011001101 1111010101 01111101 001111111 1001010101 1101010101 0111001100 100111011 010010101 011010101 0101110111 0111011111 1001011011 101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 494 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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