Analysis of Blessings
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
God bless the little orchard brown
Where the sap stirs these quickening days.
Soon in a white and rosy gown
The trees will give great praise.
God knows I have it in my mind,
The white house with the golden eaves.
God knows since it is left behind
That something grieves and grieves.
God keep the small house in his care,
The garden bordered all in box,
Where primulas and wallflowers are
And crocuses in flocks.
God keep the little rooms that ope
One to another, swathed in green,
Where honeysuckle lifts her cup
With jessamine between.
God bless the quiet old grey head
That dreams beside the fire of me,
And makes home there for me indeed
Over the Irish Sea.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XEXE FGFG XHXH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11010101 101111001 10010101 011111 11111011 01110101 11111101 110101 11011011 01010101 11011 010001 11010111 11010101 1100101 110001 11010111 110101011 01111101 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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