Analysis of Memories Of The Roeside
Fond scenes of my childhood,
Long years ago, surface often in my memory
As vivid as snow: the Mullagh, the Dogleap,
The ‘wet wood’ and ‘the dry’- those memories
Of the Roeside bringing tears to my eyes.
And where are the friends of those days of yore?
Do they share similar memories which I have
In store? Memories of the Marshfield, The
Old Wireless Lane, Nicholl’s Brae, The
Flat, and the high Rock of Kane?
Do they recall the summers by the Wee Rock
Near the Mill, or the sports along The Avenue
With many a thrill? And what of the ‘characters’-
Ah, too many to relate; it being my good fortune
To share partly their fate…
Oh, these memories of childhood, of schooldays,
Of youth, I cling to like life, as precious as truth.
And To those still living, my friends of the Roe,
I raise you a toast to times long ago.
Scheme | XXXAX XXBBX XXXXX AXCC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 1101101001100 110110101 0110011100 101101111 0110111111 111100100111 011001010 11011010 1001111 1110101011 10110101010 110010110100 11101011101110 111011 111001111 111111111011 01111011101 1110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on February 19, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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