Analysis of Shall I Go Bound And You Go Free?
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
SHALL I go bound and you go free,
And love one so removed from me?
Not so; the falcon o'er my brow
Hath better quest, I dare avow!
And must I run where you will ride,
And must I stay where you abide?
Not so; the feather that I wear
Is from an eyrie in the air!
And must I climb a broken stair,
And must I pace a chamber bare?
Not so; the Brenny plains are wide
And there are banners where I ride!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD DDCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110111 01110111 110101011 11011101 01111111 01111101 11010111 11110001 01110101 01110101 1101111 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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