Analysis of The Music Of Derry.



I once played the Uilleann Pipes along Derry’s Walls and in
Response I enjoyed the increasing calls of local seabirds;
The bodhran was also in action as well as the guitar which
Apparently was an invitation to draw persons from a bar.

The bar shall remain forever nameless but the craic of the
Boozers became a- one. For their lot included a few balladers
Who in- spite of some intoxication would have been a success
In ‘Ireland Has Got Talent’ for our City by the Foyle.

Oh, the event was an opening for many especially for those
Who sang and danced to the beauty of Celtic melody- the latter
Including various Irish ballads from across the centuries in
Both our native and our foreign imposed language…

Yes, a night to remember for all who participated and observed!
An event whose contents touched and drew the hearts of many
Of our citizens into a friendly union based upon the music of the
Gael which is a fruitful product arising from the soul of our nation.


Scheme ABXX CBBX BXAX XXCX
Poetic Form
Metre 111011011100 01101001011101 011100101110011 0100110101110101 011010101010110 10101111010011 101110010111001 0100111011010101 10011110011001011 11011010110100010 010100101010101000 11010010100110 10110101110100001 10111010101110 110100010101010101010 1110101001010111010
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 957
Words 174
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 49
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 194
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on July 16, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Liam Ó Comáin

An Irish poet now living in Derry City but originally from Limavady in County Derry in the north of the Island. more…

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