Song of the Shingle Splitters

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"Song of the Shingle Splitters"
by Henry Kendall
Written1874
First published in The Australian Town and Country Journal
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
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"Song of the Shingle Splitters" (1874) is a poem by Australian poet Henry Kendall. [1]

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The poem was originally published in The Australian Town and Country Journal on 2 May 1874 and subsequently reprinted in a number of Australian newspapers and magazines, as well as poetry anthologies. [1]

Critical reception

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." [2]

Publication history

After the poem's initial publication in The Australian Town and Country Journal [1] it was reprinted as follows:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Austlit - "Song of the Shingle Splitters" by Henry Kendall". Austlit. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Henry Kendall by Thomas Thornton Reed, Rigby Limited, 1960, p12
  3. ↑ "The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse (OUP)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Australian Bush Songs and Ballads (Frank Johnson)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Selected Poems of Henry Kendall (A&R)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Our Country : Classic Australian Poetry (Little Hills Press)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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