Analysis of An Irish Song
John Carr, Sir 1772 – 1832 (London, United Kingdom)
Poor Molly O'Flannagan (Lord rest her soul!)
Drank so deeply of whiskey, 'twas thought she would die;
Her fond lover, Pat, from her nate cabin stole,
And stepp'd into Dublin to buy her a pie.
Oh! poor Molly O'Flannagan!
Tho' chin-deep in sorrow, yet fun he lov'd well;
A pie-man pass'd near, crying "Pies" at his aise;
"Here are pies of all sorts." - "Oh! if all sorts you sell,
Then a twopenny magpie for me, if you plaise!"
Oh! poor Molly O'Flannagan!
Scheme | ababC dedeC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011001101 111011011111 01101101101 01011011001 11101100 11101011111 01111101111 111111111111 101111111 11101100 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 447 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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