Analysis of Robin Redbreast
William Allingham 1824 (Ballyshannon) – 1889 (Hampstead)
Good-bye, good-bye to Summer!
For Summer's nearly done;
The garden smiling faintly,
Cool breezes in the sun;
Our Thrushes now are silent,
Our Swallows flown away, --
But Robin's here, in coat of brown,
With ruddy breast-knot gay.
Robin, Robin Redbreast,
O Robin dear!
Robin singing sweetly
In the falling of the year.
Bright yellow, red, and orange,
The leaves come down in hosts;
The trees are Indian Princes,
But soon they'll turn to Ghosts;
The scanty pears and apples
Hang russet on the bough,
It's Autumn, Autumn, Autumn late,
'Twill soon be Winter now.
Robin, Robin Redbreast,
O Robin dear!
And welaway! my Robin,
For pinching times are near.
The fireside for the Cricket,
The wheatstack for the Mouse,
When trembling night-winds whistle
And moan all round the house;
The frosty ways like iron,
The branches plumed with snow, --
Alas! in Winter, dead and dark,
Where can poor Robin go?
Robin, Robin Redbreast,
O Robin dear!
And a crumb of bread for Robin,
His little heart to cheer.
Scheme | xabacdxdCEbe xfxfxgxgCEae xhxhxixiCEae |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 110101 0101010 110001 10101110 1010101 11010111 110111 10101 1101 101010 0010101 1101010 011101 01110010 111111 0101010 110101 11010101 111101 10101 1101 01110 110111 0101010 01101 11001110 011101 0101110 010111 01010101 111101 10101 1101 00111110 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,173 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12, 12 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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