Analysis of Two Songs
Francis Ledwidge 1887 (Slane) – 1917 (Boezinge)
I will come no more awhile,
Song-time is over.
A fire is burning in my heart,
I was ever a rover.
You will hear me no more awhile,
The birds are dumb,
And a voice in the distance calls
' Come,' and ' Come.'
| Scheme | ABXB ACXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1111101 11110 010110011 1110010 11111101 0111 00100101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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