Analysis of The Refuge
Katharine Tynan 1861 (Ireland) – 1931
I will lift mine eyes to the mountains,
To the mountains whence cometh my aid;
I shall drink of the Mercy's crystal fountains,
And shall not be afraid.
St. Patrick and St. Bride be with me,
And all the saints of the Gael;
The wings of Heaven above and beneath me,
The dead of Inisfail.
The caves of the mountains shall receive me,
I shall lie as at a mother's breast
The white food the King of Heaven shall give me,
And the wine of Heaven for feast.
Where the eagle screams over Nephin,
Where the Reek of Patrick looks on the isles,
li-orn the voices of the world that fret and deafen,
From the evil in her smiles,
I shall creep, and the mountains will hold me,
As a lamb that runs with the ewe,
The warmth of the mother shall enfold me,
I shall have milk and dew.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD CXCX EFEF CGCG |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 111111010 101011011 1111011010 011101 110011111 0101101 01110010011 0111 0110101011 111110101 01101110111 00111011 10101101 1011101101 1101010111010 1010001 1110010111 10111101 0110101011 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 753 |
Words | 152 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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