Analysis of New Life, New Love
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
The breezes blow on the river below,
And the fleecy clouds float high,
And I mark how the dark green gum trees match
The bright blue dome of the sky.
The rain has been, and the grass is green
Where the slopes were bare and brown,
And I see the things that I used to see
In the days ere my head went down.
I have found a light in my long dark night,
Brighter than stars or moon;
I have lost the fear of the sunset drear,
And the sadness of afternoon.
Here let us stand while I hold your hand,
Where the light’s on your golden head—
Oh! I feel the thrill that I used to feel
In the days ere my heart was dead.
The storm’s gone by, but my lips are dry
And the old wrong rankles yet—
Sweetheart or wife, I must take new life
From your red lips warm and wet!
So let it be, you may cling to me,
There is nothing on earth to dread,
For I’ll be the man that I used to be
In the days ere my heart was dead!
Scheme | xaxaxbcb xdxdxexE afxfcecE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101101001 0010111 0111011111 0111101 011100111 1010101 0110111111 00111111 1110101111 101111 111011011 0010101 111111111 10111101 1110111111 00111111 011111111 0011101 11111111 1111101 111111111 11101111 1110111111 00111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 894 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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