Analysis of Canadian Folksong
William Wilfred Campbell 1860 (Newmarket) – 1918 (Ottawa)
The doors are shut, the windows fast;
Outside the gust is driving past,
Outside the shivering ivy clings,
While on the hob the kettle sings.
Margery, Margery, make the tea,
Singeth the kettle merrily.
The streams are hushed up where they flowed,
The ponds are frozen along the road,
The cattle are housed in shed and byre,
While singeth the kettle on the fire.
Margery, Margery, make the tea,
Singeth the kettle merrily.
The fisherman on the bay in his boat
Shivers and buttons up his coat;
The traveler stops at the tavern door,
And the kettle answers the chimney’s roar.
Margery, Margery, make the tea,
Singeth the kettle merrily.
The firelight dances upon the wall,
Footsteps are heard in the outer hall;
A kiss and a welcome that fill the room,
And the kettle sings in the glimmer and gloom.
Margery, Margery, make the tea,
Singeth the kettle merrily.
Scheme | aabbCC ddeeCC ffeeCC gghhCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 11011101 110100101 11010101 100100101 1010100 01111111 011100101 010110101 110101010 100100101 1010100 010101011 10010111 0100110101 0010100101 100100101 1010100 01100101 11100101 0100101101 00101001001 100100101 1010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 903 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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