Analysis of Oh! The Marriage
Thomas Davis 1814 (Mallow, Ireland) – 1845 (Dublin, Ireland)
Oh! the marriage, the marriage,
With love and mo bhuachaill for me,
The ladies that ride in a carriage
Might envy my marriage to me;
For Eoghan[84] is straight as a tower,
And tender, and loving, and true;
He told me more love in an hour
Than the Squires of the county could do.
Then, Oh! the marriage, etc.
His hair is a shower of soft gold,
His eye is as clear as the day,
His conscience and vote were unsold
When others were carried away;
His word is as good as an oath,
And freely 'twas given to me;
Oh! sure, 'twill be happy for both
The day of our marriage to see.
Then, Oh! the marriage, etc.
His kinsmen are honest and kind,
The neighbours think much of his skill,
And Eoghan's the lad to my mind,
Though he owns neither castle nor mill.
But he has a tilloch of land,
A horse, and a stocking of coin,
A foot for a dance, and a hand
In the cause of his country to join.
Then, Oh! the marriage, etc.
We meet in the market and fair
We meet in the morning and night
He sits on the half of my chair,
And my people are wild with delight;
Yet I long through the winter to skim,
Though Eoghan longs more I can see,
When I will be married to him,
And he will be married to me.
Then, Oh! the marriage, the marriage,
With love and mo bhuachaill for me,
The ladies that ride in a carriage,
Might envy my marriage to me.
Scheme | aBABcdcdE fgfghbhbE ijijklklE mnmnobobaBAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010010 1101111 010110010 11011011 111111010 01001001 111110110 1010101011 11010100 111010111 11111101 11001001 11001001 11111111 01011011 11111011 011101011 11010100 1111001 0111111 0101111 111101011 1110111 01001011 01101001 001111011 11010100 11001001 11001001 11101111 011011101 111101011 1111111 11111011 01111011 11010010 1101111 010110010 11011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,290 |
Words | 267 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9, 12 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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