Analysis of Men On Islands
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
CAN it be that never more
Men will grow on Islands?
Ithaka and Eriskey,
Iceland and Tahiti!
Must the engines he has forged
Raven so for spaces
That the Islands dwindle down,
Dwindle down!
Pots that shelve the tap-root's growth?
Must it be that never more
Men will flower on Islands?
Crete and Corsica, Mitylene,
Aran and lona!
| Scheme | ABCDEFGGHABGI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111101 111110 101 100010 1010111 101110 1010101 101 1110111 1111101 1110110 101001 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 257 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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