Analysis of Song (Here's a health to thee, Mary...)

Barry Cornwall 1787 (Leeds, Yorkshire) – 1874 (London)



Here's a health to thee, Mary,
Here's a health to thee;
The drinkers are gone,
And I am alone,
To think of home and thee, Mary.

There are some who may shine o'er thee, Mary,
And many as frank and free,
And a few as fair,
But the summer air
Is not more sweet to me, Mary.

I have thought of thy last low sigh, Mary,
And thy dimm'd and gentle eye;
And I've called on thy name
When the night winds came,
And heard my heart reply, Mary.

Be thou but true to me, Mary,
Аnd I'll be true to thee;
Аnd at set of sun,
When my task is done,
Вe sure that I'm ever with thee, Mary.


Scheme AAXXA AABBA AXCCA AADDA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (50%)
Metre 1011110 10111 01011 01101 11110110 11111110110 0101101 00111 10101 11111110 1111111110 0110101 011111 10111 01110110 11111110 111111 11111 11111 1111101110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 574
Words 125
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Barry Cornwall

Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall) was an English poet who served as a Commissioner in Lunacy. more…

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