Analysis of Mater Dei
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
She looked to east, she looked to west,
Her eyes, unfathomable, mild,
That saw both worlds, came home to rest,
Home to her own sweet child.
God's golden head was at her breast.
What need to look o'er land and sea?
What could the winged ships bring to her?
What gold or gems of price might be,
Ivory or miniver,
Since God Himself lay on her knee?
What could th' intense blue heaven keep
To draw her eyes and thoughts so high?
All heaven was where her Boy did leap,
Where her foot quietly
Went rocking the dear God asleep.
The angel folk fared up and down
A Jacob's Ladder hung between
Her quiet chamber and God's Town.
She saw unawed, serene;
Since God Himself played by her gown.
Scheme | ABABA CDCDC EXECE FGFGF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 11111111 01010001 11111111 110111 11011101 111110101 11011110 11111111 10011 11011101 1111011101 11010111 110110111 101100 11001101 01011101 01010101 01010011 11101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 688 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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