Analysis of The Ballad Of Sheila
Oh, my spouse is from the land of The Gael
That fair City of Derry by the banks of The Foyle.
An attraction from the moment we initially met
To be followed soon after by date upon date...
As the time passed our love grew together so
We decided to marry to be a mother and a father.
And since then we have added to the family fold
Who along with my spouse is of the purest gold.
Oh, yes, a Derry colleen from near the flow of a river
Is the love of my heart, a love destined forever. For
My wife is a treasure beyond compare and I thank
God,Our Father, for the love that we all daily share.
| Scheme | XXXX XABB AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101101 1110110101101 10101010101001 111011011011 101110110101 110110110100010 0111110101001 101111110101 11010111011010 10111101100101 1110100101011 110101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 578 |
| Words | 122 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on February 18, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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