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 |
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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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