Song of the Shingle Splitters
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| "Song of the Shingle Splitters" | |
|---|---|
| by Henry Kendall | |
| Written | 1874 |
| First published in | The Australian Town and Country Journal |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
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 Song of the Shingle Splitters at Wikisource | |
"Song of the Shingle Splitters" (1874) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Kendall.[1]
The poem was originally published in The Australian Town and Country Journal on 2 May 1874[2] and subsequently reprinted in a number of Australian newspapers and magazines, as well as poetry anthologies.[1]
In his literary study of Kendall and his work, Thomas Thornton Reed noted: "His love of description led him to overlay his ballads, as he overlaid his narrative blank verse, with an ornateness which changes them into something which is neither ballad nor lyric." He went on to explain that "'Song of the Shingle Splitters' is the best that Kendall achieved in his peculiar style."[3]