Analysis of The Wind O' Death.
Robert Crawford 1959 (Bellshill)
Oh! we hae a' to die, dear,
We're a' to gang awa';
We, when Death's wind blows by, dear,
Like apples hae to fa';
Howe'er we may be clinging,
Be green or rosy hinging,
When we hear the wind singing
A glamour's over a'.
We drap unto the ground, dear,
Each frae the boughs we fa',
When we hear the wind sound, dear,
The voice in the wind ca'!
It comes through leagues o' heaven,
A dream-joy to it given,
It comes at morn or even
Wi' the glamour over a'.
We'll wait for it to blow, dear —
How sweet the birdies ca'!
The flowers come and go, dear,
There's peace atween us twa:
The love-light round us clinging,
'Tis sweet, together hinging,
To wait for the wind's singing
Wi' the glamour over a'.
Scheme | abacdddeacaeffgEaeabdddE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 10111 1111111 110111 1011110 111101 1110110 01100 1110011 110111 1110111 010011 1111110 0111110 1111110 1010100 1111111 110101 0101011 11111 0111110 110101 1110110 1010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 504 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 135 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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