Analysis of Branding The Foals
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
WHY do I look for fire to brand these foals?
What do I need, when all within is fire?
And lo, she comes, carrying the lighted coals
And branding tool—she who is my desire!
What need have I for what is in her hands,
If I lay hand upon a hide it brands,
And grass, and trees, and shadows, all are fire!
| Scheme | ABABAAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101111 11111101110 01111000101 01011111010 1111111001 1111010111 0101011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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