Analysis of Songs from The Beggar’s Opera: Air XVI-“Over the Hills, and Far Away”
Mac. Were I laid on Greenland’s coast,
And in my arms embraced my lass,
Warm amidst eternal frost,
Too soon the half-year’s night would pass.
Polly. Were I sold on Indian soil,
Soon as the burning day was closed,
I could mock the sultry toil
When on my charmer’s breast reposed.
Mac. And I would love you all the day,
Polly. Every night would kiss and play,
Mac. If with me you’d fondly stray
Polly. Over the hills, and far away.
| Scheme | ABCBDEDAFFFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111 00110111 1010101 11011111 1001111001 11010111 1110101 1111011 101111101 1010011101 11111101 1010010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 523 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 327 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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