Analysis of Come Dear Give Me Your Hand
Neil McLeod 1947 (Oxford)
Take me down to the water again
I long to walk on the sand.
Walk me down to the water's edge,
Come dear, give me your hand.
Ease me along in my walker
Until I can go no more.
Watch me wheel to the sandy edge,
Then walk me down to the shore.
Let me remember the days long gone
When I'd run and dive in the sea.
Let me get just one toe wet
And thrill at what used to be.
Oh! work with me just a wee bit more
I fear that it shan't be long.
Oh! help me down just one more time
Too soon I shall be gone.
Walk with me with the love you have
Share with a heart that's true.
Walk with me, and in your turn,
May you have such kindness too.
Scheme | XABA XCBC DEXE CXXD XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (25%) |
Metre | 111101001 1111101 11110101 111111 11010110 0111111 11110101 1111101 110100111 11101001 1111111 0111111 111110111 11111111 11111111 111111 11110111 110111 1110011 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 611 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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