Analysis of Colours
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
Blues and greens are my delight
Set in garlands of the white.
When God made the violet
He made nothing better yet.
Lilac and the lavender
Fit for queens of Heaven to wear.
Many russets and the rose,
God be praised for these and those!
For the silvers and the greys
Likewise ye shall give Him praise.
Scarlet is a King's colour
That the King of Kings once wore.
Yet when everything is said,
Bring me neither rose nor red.
Give me blue and green below,
Apple bloom and cherry snow.
Blue forget-me-nots beneath
Pear and plum-bloom in a wreath.
Or wild hyacinths in a glade --
Nothing better God has made.
Blues and greens and a white bough
Turn the earth to Heaven now.
| Scheme | AA XX BX CC CX BX DD EE FF GG HH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 101101 1110100 1110101 100100 11111011 1010001 1111101 1010001 111111 101011 1011111 111011 1110111 1110101 1010101 1011101 1011001 11100001 1010111 1010011 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 653 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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