Analysis of The Ballad Of Mary



I’ll  sing of a maiden
With a beauty so rare
Mother of Our Saviour
From the land of Israel.

Requested by Gabriel
To bring forth God’s Son
The Redeemer of all
From the evil of  sin.

Oh  Immaculate Virgin
Dear Mother of us all
Your “Yes” was required
To redress  Adam’s fall.

And now loving Spouse
Of  the  Spirit of Love  
We desire to bring  others
To share in our trove.

And as Our Lord Jesus
Is always with You
May we draw ever closer
To walk with You two…  

For life is a vocation
To follow Your Son    
God’s source of  salvation
 For each and everyone.


Scheme ABBC CADE EDXD XXXX XFXF AAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 111010 101011 101101 1011100 0101100 11111 0111 101011 1010010 110111 111010 101101 01101 101011 10101110 110101 0110110 1111 1111010 11111 1110010 11011 111010 11010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 562
Words 107
Sentences 5
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on February 23, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Liam Ó Comáin

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