Analysis of Teddy O'Neale
Eliza Cook 1818 (London Road, Southwark) – 1889 (Wimbledon)
I've come to the cabin he danced his wild jigs in,
As neat a mud palace as ever was seen;
And considering it served to keep poultry and pigs in,
I'm sure it was always most elegant clean.
But now all about it seems lonely and dreary,
All sad and all silent, no piper, no reel;
Not even the sun, through the casement, is cheery,
Since I miss the dear, darling boy, Teddy O'Neale.
I dreamt but last night--oh! bad luck to my dreaming,
I'd die if I thought 'twould come truly to pass,--
But I dreamt, while the tears down my pillow were streaming,
That Teddy was courting another fair lass.
Oh! didn't I wake with a weeping and wailing,--
The grief of that thought was too deep to conceal;
My mother cried--'Norah, child, what is your ailing?'
And all I could utter was--'Teddy O'Neale!'
Shall I ever forget when the big ship was ready,
And the moment was come when my love must depart;
How I sobbed like a spalpeen, 'Good-bye to you, Teddy!'
With drops on my cheek and a stone at my heart.
He says 'tis to better his fortune he's roving,
But what would be gold to the joy I should feel,
If I saw him come back to me, honest and loving,
Still poor, but my own darling, Teddy O'Neale.
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Metre | 111010111110 11011011011 00100111110010 1111111001 111011110010 11011011011 11001101110 111011011011 111111111110 11111111011 1111011110010 11011001011 110111010010 01111111101 11011111110 0111101111 1110011011110 001011111101 111101111110 11111001111 111110110110 11111101111 1111111110010 11111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,188 |
Words | 233 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 296 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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