Analysis of To Mesdames Zassetsky And Garschine
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 (Edinburgh) – 1894 (Vailima, Samoa)
THE wind may blaw the lee-gang way
And aye the lift be mirk an' gray,
An deep the moss and steigh the brae
Where a' maun gang -
There's still an hoor in ilka day
For luve and sang.
And canty hearts are strangely steeled.
By some dikeside they'll find a bield,
Some couthy neuk by muir or field
They're sure to hit,
Where, frae the blatherin' wind concealed,
They'll rest a bit.
An' weel for them if kindly fate
Send ower the hills to them a mate;
They'll crack a while o' kirk an' State,
O' yowes an' rain:
An' when it's time to take the gate,
Tak' ilk his ain.
- Sic neuk beside the southern sea
I soucht - sic place o' quiet lee
Frae a' the winds o' life. To me,
Fate, rarely fair,
Had set a freendly company
To meet me there.
Kindly by them they gart me sit,
An' blythe was I to bide a bit.
Licht as o' some hame fireside lit
My life for me.
- Ower early maun I rise an' quit
This happy lee.
Scheme | AAABAB CCCCCC CCCDCD EEEFEF CCCECE |
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Poetic Form | Burns stanza (80%) Tetractys (33%) Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 01110111 01011111 11010101 1011 11110101 1101 01011101 1111101 1111111 1111 1101101 1101 11111101 11011101 11011111 1111 11111101 1111 11010101 11111101 10011111 1101 1101100 1111 10111111 11111101 11111101 1111 11011111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 874 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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