In the Days When the World Was Wide
Lawson's first book of verse, most of it out of the Sydney Bulletin: "In the Days When the World Was Wide", "The Roaring Days", "Faces in the Street".
Measured across the book
Across its 3,016 lines, 95% of stressed syllables fall on the beat (95% interval 94% to 95%). Alliteration runs at 1.11 times what shuffling the words would give (0.42 observed against 0.38 expected). 19% of the lines have a feminine ending.
Baselines and intervals are described in the methods.
Contents
To an Old Mateanapaestic trimeter · ABABAB · 36 linesIn the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Versesiambic tetrameter · 73 linesFaces in the Streetiambic heptameter · AABB · 91 linesThe Roaring Daysiambic tetrameter · 175 linesThe Drover's Sweetheartiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 64 linesOut Backiambic tetrameter · 53 linesThe Free-Selector's Daughteriambic tetrameter · 69 linesAndy's Gone with Cattleiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 32 linesJack Dunn of Nevertireiambic heptameter · AABB · 72 linesTrooper Campbelliambic trimeter · 144 linesThe Sliprails and the Spuriambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 40 linesPast Carin'iambic tetrameter · 60 linesThe Glass on the Baranapaestic tetrameter · AABBCC · 30 linesThe Shanty on the Riseiambic octameter · AABBCC · 60 linesThe Vagabondiambic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 108 linesSweeneyiambic heptameter · AABB · 68 linesMiddleton's Rouseaboutiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 28 linesThe Ballad of the Droveriambic trimeter · 88 linesTaking His Chanceiambic tetrameter · AABB · 99 linesBen Dugganiambic heptameter · AABB · 60 linesThe Star of Australasiaiambic tetrameter · AABB · 102 linesThe Great Grey Plainiambic tetrameter · 64 linesThe Song of Old Joe Swallowtrochaic octameter · AABBCC · 58 linesCorny Billiambic tetrameter · 64 linesCherry-Tree Innanapaestic tetrameter · AABBCC · 36 linesUp the Countrytrochaic octameter · AABBCCDD · 56 linesKnocked Upiambic heptameter · AABB · 33 linesThe Blue Mountainsiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 28 linesThe City Bushmaniambic octameter · AABB · 122 linesEurundereeanapaestic tetrameter · AABBCC · 30 linesMount Bukarootrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 56 linesThe Fire at Ross's Farmiambic tetrameter · 120 linesThe Teamsiambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 40 linesCameron's Heartanapaestic hexameter · AABB · 46 linesThe Shame of Going Backtrochaic octameter · AABB · 26 linesSince Theniambic tetrameter · ABAAB · 80 linesPeter Anderson and Cotrochaic octameter · AABB · 127 linesWhen the Children Come Homeanapaestic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesDan, the Wrecktrochaic tetrameter · ABABCDCD · 96 linesA Prouder Man than Youtrochaic octameter · AABB · 20 linesThe Song and the Sighiambic tetrameter · ABAB · 16 linesThe Cambaroora Stariambic octameter · AABBCCDD · 128 linesAfter Alliambic tetrameter · AABB · 24 linesMarshall's Mateiambic heptameter · AABB · 70 linesThe Poets of the Tombiambic heptameter · AABBCC · 30 linesAustralian Bards and Bush Reviewersiambic octameter · AABB · 16 linesThe Ghosttrochaic octameter · AABBCC · 49 linesWhile the Billy Boilsiambic tetrameter · 5 lines
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Public domain. Text from In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses, Project Gutenberg ebook #214. Free to read, print, copy and reuse.