Analysis of The Little Flock
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
CHRIST, now keep the little flock
Which Thou bad'st not to fear:
Childing women and old folk
And the little children dear.
In this night of Hell revealed
Call them that they run with Thee,
And come out in a green field
Where they gather round Thy knee.
All poor women that give suck,
All that are with child, lead Thou,
By the margins of a brook
Where is daisied peace enow.
Christ, remember now the sick;
Feeble knees and hanging head.
When they cry on Thee, come quick,
And their sickness shall be stayed.
Where Thou temperest the wind,
Where the drenching rains leave off,
When they run with Thee, O Kind!
Dear, they shall be well enough!
Scheme | XAXA BCBC XXXX DXDX EXEX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1110101 1111111 110011 0010101 0111101 1111111 0110011 1110111 1110111 1111111 1010101 11111 1010101 1010101 1111111 0110111 11101 1010111 1111111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 644 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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