Analysis of Poet and Lord
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
GOD makes a poet: touches soul and sight,
And lips and heart, and sends him forth to sing;
His fellows hearing, own the true birthright,
And crown him daily with the love they bring.
The king a lord makes, by a parchment leaf;
Though heart be withered, and though sight be dim
With dullard brain and soul of disbelief—
Ay, even so; he makes a lord of him.
What, then, of one divinely kissed and sent
To fill the people with ideal words,
Who with his poet's crown is discontent,
And begs a parchment title with the lords?
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EXEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1101010101 0101011111 110101011 0111010111 0101110101 1111001111 11101101 1101110111 1111010101 110101011 1111011001 0101010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 525 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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