Analysis of Laburnums

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



OVER old walls the Laburnums
hang cones of fire;
Laburnums that grow out of old
mould in old gardens:

Old maids and old men who have savings or pensions have
Shuttered themselves in the pales of old gardens.

The gardens grow wild; out of their mould the Laburnums
Draw cones of fire.

And we, who've no lindens, no palms, no cedars of Lebanon,
Rejoice you have gardens with mould, old men and old maids:

The bare and the dusty streets have now the Laburnums,
Have now cones of fire!


Scheme ABXA XA AB XA AB
Poetic Form
Metre 101101 11110 111111 10110 1101111101101 10010011110 01011111101 11110 01011111101100 0111101111011 01001011101 111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 478
Words 91
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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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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