Analysis of The fairy kingdom
Pamela Roantree 1969 (Dublin)
The fairy kingdom threw a dance .
And everyone was there .
Every fairy dressed to the 9's.
With flowers in the ladies hair .
Each bejeweled with diamonds .
Their gowns of spun silk and gold threads .
The gentlemen wore suits of course .
Their shoes polished to a shine .
There was fairy punch .
And witches wine delicious to the taste .
Delicate pastrys decorated with spun sugar and flower petals .
And other tempting treats .
They danced all night under the stars.
And sang and ate till dawn .
Then wearily they returned home .
To nestile in their beds .
And dream of floating in the trees .
The way that fairies love .
The next morning all was quiet .
From sore feet and throbbing heads .
The fairy folk recount their night.
And gossip laughing at their friends.
The one found love , the other not .
But it was all in fun .
And nar an angry word was spoken.
All across the Fields.
For these are a peaceful bunch .
And love their friends and neighbors.
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Scheme | ABCBDEFGHIJKLMNEOPQERSTUUVHWY |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 01011 100101101 11000101 11110 11111011 01001111 1110101 11101 0101010101 1001100111001010 010101 11111001 010111 11001011 11011 01110001 011101 01101110 1110101 01010111 01010111 01110101 111101 011101110 10101 1110101 0111010 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 993 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 752 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 190 |
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A poem about a party in the fairy kingdom
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