Analysis of My Home Town



Some refer to it as ‘my home town’
While others ‘our city by the Foyle’
But whatever name is used it refers
To an ancient Irish city of renown.

From its Celtic roots it has flourished
                                   Through a period of political chaos
                                   And the later struggle for Civil Rights
                                   Plus the massacre of Bloody Sunday.

But within the city there is a sense of
                                    Renewal and a coming together of its
                                    Citizens to express their society which
                                    Was blessed by God via St. Colmcille.

A city of culture of world- wide renown
                                   Who gave us singers, playwrights, poets,
                                   Musicians, etc, who touched the hearts of
                                      Many throughout planet earth.

Oh, yes, it is the adopted city of Colmcille
                                   Who loved its people as never before. A love
                                    Which is now apparent and symbolised by
                                      Derry opening a welcoming door.


Scheme ABXA XXXX CXXB AXCX BCXX
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 101111111 1101010101 110111101 11101010101 111011110 101001010010 0010101101 101001101 10101011011 010001001011 100101101001 11111011 01011011101 11110110 01010011011 1001101 111100101011 111101100101 111010011 1010001001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,324
Words 139
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by THEBARD on November 24, 2018

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Liam Ó Comain

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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