Analysis of A Cradle Song
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
O men from the fields,
Come gently within.
Tread softly, softly
O men coming in!
Mavourneen is going
From me and from you,
Where Mary will fold him
With mantle of blue!
From reek of the smoke
And cold of the floor
And the peering of things
Across the half-door.
O men of the fields,
Soft, softly come thro'
Mary puts round him
Her mantle of blue.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIHAHFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 11001 11010 11100 1110 11011 110111 11011 11101 01101 001011 01011 11101 11011 10111 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 354 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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