Analysis of The Witch Of Mull
Cicely Fox Smith 1882 (Lymm, Cheshire) – 1954 (Bow, Devon)
'Witch of Mull, the strangers here
Come to wreak their vengeance drear:
Call the wind and call the wrack;
Drown them, drive them, beat them back!'
Wind and wave are wild in Morvern.
'Gormla, speed! Their magic powers
Calm the deep and baffle ours:
Aid us, thou who know'st full well
Strongest brew and blackest spell!'
Wind and wave are wild in Morvern.
Magpies twelve upon the mast
Call aloud to wave and blast'
'Bonnily on Morvern shore
Shall we feast when all is o'er!'
Wind and wave are wild in Morvern.
Harried seaward, fast they flee
Wind and wrack and raging sea:
Hard and grey the rocks before, -
Hard their bed on Morvern shore!
Wind and wave are wild in Morvern.
Bonny dead men on the sand, -
Dead and drowned on Morvern strand, -
Broken mast and battered hull, -
Glad the witches are in Mull!
Wind and wave are wild in Morvern.
Scheme | aabb C ddee C ffgx C hhgg C iijj C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1111101 1010101 1111111 1011101 1111010 10101010 11111111 1010101 1011101 110101 1011101 1111 11111110 1011101 1010111 1010101 1010101 111111 1011101 1011101 101111 1010101 1010101 1011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 822 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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