Analysis of Gilderoy

Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)



THE smith who made the manacles,
With bar and bolt, and link and ring,
Sang out above his hearty blows
'I can't have grief for everything.'

As Roger by the rope-walk went
The bramble-bird cheeped up to sing;
He cut the wanted coil, and said
'I can't have grief for everything.'

The lad who came to Ladder Lane,
And saw his hemp-cravat a-string,
'Jack's doom 's Jill's dule,' he said, 'but then,
I can't have grief for everything.'
And I who carried bag and wig,
Looked up and saw him turn and swing;
The dog he gave fixed eyes on me
Can I have grief for everything?


Scheme abaB xbxB xbxBxbxb
Poetic Form
Metre 011101 11010101 11011101 1111110 11010111 01011111 11010101 1111110 01111101 0111101 111111111 1111110 01110101 11011101 01111111 1111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 558
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Padraic Colum

Padraic Colum was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. more…

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