Analysis of By Ana Liffey (The Rocky Road To Dublin)
James Stephens 1882 (Dublin) – 1950
If you come to live with me,
I will sing so heartily
In your honour that you will
Stay to wonder at my skill.
In your honour I will fill
The world with songs of triumph, till
You and I and Time are old
Pipers of the Age of Gold.
Time and you and I will hold,
Everywhere by field and fold,
Concerts of content, and be
Known afar for jollity.
Everywhere by fold and field
We will wander well-agreed;
So I sing right heartily,
Come along and live with me.
| Scheme | AABB BBCC CCAC XXAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1111111 1111100 011111 1110111 011111 01111101 1010111 1010111 1010111 101101 1011001 10111 101101 1110101 1111100 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 448 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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