Analysis of A Fairy Hunt

Francis Ledwidge 1887 (Slane) – 1917 (Boezinge)



Who would hear the fairy horn
Calling all the hounds of Finn
Must be in a lark's nest born
When the moon is very thin.

I who have the gift can hear
Hounds and horn and tally ho,
And the tongue of Bran as clear
As Christmas bells across the snow.

And beside my secret place
Hurries by the fairy fox,
With the moonrise on his face,
Up and down the mossy rocks.

Then the music of a horn
And the flash of scarlet men,
Thick as poppies in the corn
All across the dusky glen.

Oh! the mad delight of chase!
Oh ! the shouting and the cheer !
Many an owl doth leave his place
In the dusty tree to hear.


Scheme ABAB CDED FGFG AHAH FEFC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (35%)
Metre 1110101 1010111 1100111 1011101 1110111 1010101 0011111 11010101 0011101 1010101 101111 101011 1010101 0011101 1110001 101011 1010111 1010001 10111111 0010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 582
Words 123
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Francis Ledwidge

Francis Edward Ledwidge was an Irish war poet from County Meath. more…

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