Analysis of Irish Poets: Oliver Goldsmith
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Goldsmith wrote Deserted Village,
Now again reduced to tillage;
Once happiest village of the plain,
Place now you look for it in vain;
There but one man he doth make rich,
And hundreds struggle in the ditch;
"Ill fare the land to many ills a prey
Where wealth accumelates but men decay."
His honest Vicar of Wakefield
Forever he will pleasure yield.
| Scheme | AABBCC DDEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1101010 1010111 110010101 11111101 11111111 01010001 1101110101 1111101 1101011 01011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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