Analysis of Australian Federation

William Gay 1865 (Scotland) – 1897



FROM all division let our land be free,  
 For God has made her one: complete she lies  
 Within the unbroken circle of the skies,  
And round her indivisible the sea  
Breaks on her single shore; while only we,          
 Her foster children, bound with sacred ties  
 Of one dear blood, one storied enterprise,  
Are negligent of her integrity.—  
Her seamless garment, at great Mammon’s nod,  
 With hands unfilial we have basely rent,          
 With petty variance our souls are spent,  
And ancient kinship underfoot is trod:  
 O let us rise, united, penitent,  
And be one people,—mighty, serving God!


Scheme ABBAABBACDDCEC
Poetic Form
Metre 11010110111 1111010111 01001010101 010010001 1101011101 0101011101 111111010 1100100100 010101111 1111111 11010010111 01010111 1111010100 0111010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 610
Words 100
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 442
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 20, 2023

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William Gay

William Gay (2 May 1865 – 22 December 1897) was a Scottish-born Australian poet. more…

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